UPDATED 10:24 PM ET Aug. 31, 2023 PUBLISHED 12:46 PM ET Aug. 31, 2023 PUBLISHED 12:46 PM EDT Aug. 31, 2023 SHARE CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE — After several delays, SpaceX successfully launched 22 Starlink satellites into orbit Thursday night. What You Need To Know SpaceX launched 22 Starlink satellites The launch took place at 10:21 p.m. ET Learn more about NASA’s weather criteria for the Falcon 9 rocket here. Idalia has given space companies a hard time with launches this week, as ULA postponed its SILENTBARKER mission that was scheduled for Tuesday. No new date has been issued. Almost a national double launch Thursday would have been a double launch day for SpaceX, as it was planning to launch the Space Development Agency’s second Tranche 0 satellite, which is designed to track advanced missile threats from low-Earth orbit. The launch is now set for Friday, Sept. 1, at 10:26 a.m. ET from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. In July of this year, it took three unintentional tries for SpaceX to have a double launch day, which happened in the Space Coast. Going up B1077, the first-stage booster of this Falcon 9 rocket, has been used for six missions, not counting this upcoming one for the Starlink 6-13 mission.