Launch doubleheader: SpaceX sending rocket up hours before Starliner lifts off
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- May 06, 2024
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Go, SpaceX, go!
SpaceX on Monday plans to send 23 more Starlink satellites into orbit via a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast, WKMG in Orlando reported.
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Liftoff was pushed to 2:14 p.m., almost two hours from its original time, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Backup launch opportunities are available until 2:48 p.m.
Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.
The launch will mark the 15th flight for the first-stage booster supporting the mission.
Later Monday, Boeing is poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA.
The 10:34 p.m. launch is the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board, a pair of NASA pilots who will check out the spacecraft during the test drive and a weeklong stay at the space station.
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