SpaceX is targeting Monday, November 11 for a Falcon 9 launch of 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 4:02 p.m. ET with additional opportunities available until 7:44 p.m. ET.
A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch on X@SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.
This is the 12th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Euclid, Axiom-2, Axiom-3, Cygnus NG-21, SES 24, CRS-30, and five Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceX was successful in launching the 3.9-ton (3.5 metric tons) Koreasat-6A, on Monday, November 11, Veterans Day, at 12:25 PM EST where it will proceed to geostationary orbit 22,236 miles (35,786 kilometers) above Earth where the orbital speed matches Earth’s speed of rotation, enabling spacecraft to “hover” …