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SpaceX schedules 22 Starlink satellites launch for January 23, 2024 (updated)
Update 2 – SpaceX has rescheduled the launch of 22 Starlink satellites to January 23, 2024, at 4:35 p.m. PT. The earlier launch on January 22 was scrubbed due to bad weather.
Standing down from tonight’s Falcon 9 launch attempt due to weather, now targeting January 23 → https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 22, 2024
Update – Launch scrubbed within the last minute of liftoff.
SpaceX is looking at January 19, 2024, to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Liftoff of this rocket will take place at 6:15 p.m. PT with backup opportunities available until 9:58 p.m. PT.
SpaceX 22 Starlink Satellites Launch Mission
The booster rocket supporting this mission will complete its 16th flight, which previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, and 10 Starlink missions.
After the stage separation, the first stage will land back at a droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean. Afterward, the second stage will lead the mission and deploy Starlink satellites at around 1:2 hour of the mission.