SpaceX is preparing to launch its latest batch of broadband internet satellites onboard its Falcon 9 rocket in a predawn Falcon 9 launch on Tuesday.
The mission, dubbed Starlink 10-28, will carry 28 satellites into low Earth orbit. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 4:21 a.m. EDT (0821 UTC).
Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about an hour prior to liftoff.
The 45th Weather Squadron forecast a 95 percent chance for favorable weather at liftoff. There is just a minor possibility for interference from cumulus clouds.
SpaceX is using the Falcon 9 first stage booster B1077 on this mission, which will launch for a 22nd time. Its previous missions include NASA’s Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06 and 17 previous batches of Starlink satellites.
A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, B1077 will target a landing on the droneship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas.’ If successful, this will be the 117th touchdown for this vessel and the 473rd booster landing for SpaceX to date.
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