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SpaceX to use new Falcon 9 booster for Starlink launch


SpaceX to use new Falcon 9 booster for Starlink launch

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION -- SpaceX will end the weekend with a late-Sunday night Starlink launch using a brand-new Falcon 9 first-stage booster.

Just like how SpaceX kicked off the weekend on Friday, the California-based company will end it with another Starlink launch.

The Falcon 9 rocket will send up Starlink 12-13 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, stated SpaceX.

The launch window will open at 11:42 p.m. ET and it will close at 3:42 a.m. ET, Monday, Feb. 24. That means between those times, SpaceX has opportunities to launch its Falcon 9 rocket.

However, the weather might be a concern. The 45th Weather Squadron is giving a 75% chance of good liftoff conditions, with the only concern being the thick cloud layers rule.

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

If the launch is canceled, the next chance for a takeoff will be Monday at 11:14 p.m. ET.

This will be the maiden flight for this Falcon 9's first-stage booster B1092.

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

The SpaceX-owned Starlink company will see 21 satellites go to low-Earth orbit to provide internet service to many parts of Earth.

And they will not be alone.

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

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