SpaceX lined up another StarLink launch from Space Coast early Wednesday afternoon.
The Falcon 9 rocket, carrying 28 of its internet satellites, is targeting a lift-off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 to 2:47pm, from 11:17am to 12:38pm, where backups are available on Thursday.
Space-released Delta 45 weather squadron predicts a 95% chance due to good circumstances at launch sites.
The first phase of the mission booster is to make the fourth flight, aiming for the descent of gravity stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, aiming for the recovery landing downhill to the droneship.
The release will be 41st in the Space Coast in 2025, with all but two coming from SpaceX.
The other two come from Blue Origin, which won the debut of the new Glenn Heavy-Lift Rocket in January, with Atlas V launch and the United Launch Alliance being launched last month.
Blue Origin has yet to announce the date it will attempt a second release, but it said it will be spring earlier this year. With the possibility of a second Atlas V launch in early June, ULA has several more missions, including the launch of a second Atlas V, which could fly a second batch of Amazon’s satellites from SpaceX’s Starlink competitor Project Kuiper Internet Constellation. Amazon’s first batch at its April launch totaled 27, but the company lined up more than 80 launches to increase its numbers.
According to statistics managed by Astronomer Jonathan McDowell, Project Kuiper’s Constellation aims to reach more than 3,600 satellites by 2028. SpaceX’sStarlink already has over 8,500 satellites running in orbit.
