SpaceX targets Tuesday for next Starlink mission launch
August 18, 2020 - Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 58 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink broadband internet network and three SkySat earth-imaging satellites launches from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Sta
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX is gearing up for its next launch of Starlink satellites.
The space company is now targeting Tuesday, February 2, for the launch from Kennedy Space Center. Liftoff is scheduled for 6:09 a.m. from Launch Pad 39A.
The launch was initially scheduled for Sunday morning and then Monday morning. However, it was pushed to Tuesday morning after the forecast was updated on Sunday.
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The goal of the mission is to provide worldwide, space-based broadband coverage.
Meanwhile, NASA and SpaceX announced that they are targeting no earlier than April 20 for the launch of the second crew rotation mission with astronauts to the International Space Station. The Crew-2 mission will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.
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