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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites with Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now
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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites with Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites with Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now
File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands in launch position at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station prior to the scheduled launch of the Starlink 6-61 mission on October 22, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein / Space travel now

SpaceX is preparing for its second launch of the day with another Starlink flight. This Falcon 9 rocket will add another 23 Starlink satellites to the growing mega-constellation.

The Starlink 10-13 mission is scheduled to launch from Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:10 p.m. EDT (2110 UTC).

Spaceflight Now's live broadcast begins about an hour before launch.

Shortly before the launch opportunity on Wednesday, the 45th Weather Squadron forecast that conditions were 75 percent favorable for launch. It said the main concerns were downslope winds and cumulus clouds, noting that wind speeds were expected to be between 20 and 28 miles per hour.

The Falcon 9 first stage booster for this mission, tail number B1078 in the SpaceX fleet, will launch for the 14th time. It previously supported launches of Crew-6, BlueBird-1, USSF-124 and nine previous Starlink missions.

Just over eight minutes after launch, B1078 will land on SpaceX's A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship. If successful, this would be the 83rd booster landing for ASOG and the 361st booster landing to date.

The Starlink 10-13 flight will bring the total number of Starlink satellites launched in 2024 to 1,565. Before the launch on Wednesday evening and after the launch of the Starlink 9-9 mission on Wednesday morning, Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer and orbital tracking expert, found that there were 6,534 Starlink satellites still in orbit.

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