A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 21 of its Starlink satellites on Mission 12-12 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on January 10. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo
SpaceX will try again to lift a new round of Starlink satellites into orbit on Wednesday night after a mission for a launch in the morning was scrubbed.
The space company had planned for a 2:26 a.m. ET launch of Starlink 12-13 million from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The same mission was postponed twice on Tuesday. Advertisement
The new launch time is set for 10:34 p.m. The launch window will last through 2:19 a.m. on Thursday. If that fails, SpaceX will try again at 9:52 p.m. on Thursday.
The payload includes 21 Starlink satellites, which will be added to the company’s current constellation orbiting the globe and providing satellite service to the most remote portions of the planet.
SpaceX will employ a new first stage Falcon 9 rocket booster with the flight. The space company has honed the reuse of first-stage rocket boosters, which return to Earth for future flights.
The first stage is expected to return about eight minutes after takeoff and land on the drone ship Just Read the Instructions floating in the Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceX has not publicly said why the missions have been scrubbed. Advertisement
