SpaceX gets ready for early morning Starlink launch


SpaceX gets ready for early morning Starlink launch

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION -- SpaceX is preparing for another Starlink launch during the early morning hours on Monday.

The Falcon 9 rocket will send up Starlink 12-3 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, stated SpaceX.

The four-hour launch window is set to open at 3:54 a.m. ET.

The 45th Weather Squadron is giving a 95% chance of good liftoff conditions, with no weather concerns.

Find out more about the weather criteria for a Falcon 9 launch.

If the launch is scrubbed, the next attempt will be at 3:26 a.m. ET, Tuesday.

This is the 21st mission for the Falcon 9's first-stage booster B1069. It has had 20 missions before this launch:

After the stage separation, the first-stage rocket is expected to land on the droneship Just Read the Instructions that will be in the Atlantic Ocean.

The Starlink company's 21 satellites will travel to low-Earth orbit to join the thousands of their brothers and sisters there.

And 13 of those have direct-to-cell capabilities, explained SpaceX, which owns Starlink.

Once deployed and in their orbit, they will provide internet service to several places on Earth.

Dr. Jonathan McDowell, of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has been recording Starlink satellites.

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