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SpaceX planning for overnight launch from Florida Space Coast

ClickOrlando will stream launch live when it happens

FILE PHOTO - SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – SpaceX is planning for an overnight launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Coast, according to a news release.

The space agency said that the launch of 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center is planned for 12:24 a.m. on Tuesday.

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Backup opportunities available until 4:11 a.m., SpaceX said.

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This will ne the 8th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-8, Polaris Dawn, CRS-31, Astranis: From One to Many, and three Starlink missions, according to the release.

Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

ClickOrlando will stream the launch live when it happens.


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