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SpaceX will launch 22 Starlink satellites on January 13, 2024 [Updated]
Update 2 – SpaceX has rescheduled the launch of 22 Starlink satellites to January 13, 2024.
Due to unfavorable recovery weather conditions, team is resetting Falcon 9’s launch of @Starlink from California for Saturday, January 13 → https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 12, 2024
Update 1 – Due to uncertain weather conditions, SpaceX postponed the mission to January 12.
On January 11, 2024, SpaceX is aiming to fly the Falcon 9 reusable rocket with a payload carrying 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
This launch is scheduled for 12:59 a.m. PT. and there’s a backup launch opportunity on the next day at the same time window.
The booster rocket supporting this mission is completing its 18th flight and previously participated in important launches including:
- Crew-1
- Crew-2
- SXM-8
- CRS-23
- IXPE
- Transporter-4
- Transporter-5
- Globalstar FM15
- ISI EROS C-3
- Korea 425
- Seven Starlink missions
After hot staging, SpaceX will land on the first stage booster back on a droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean at around 8:28 minutes into the mission.
Afterward, the 2nd stage will carry out the rest of the mission and complete the deployment of the satellites at around 1 hour of the launch.
Last week, SpaceX deployed 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. It was a follow-up mission to the Falcon 9’s Ovzon 3 satellite from January 3.