SpaceX Launches Next Starlink Batch After Five Days of Delays Written 19 September 2022
SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off with Starlink satellites. | Credit: SpaceX; YouTube; framegrab
Florida Today reports that the “Space Coast’s 40th launch of the year lifted off at 8:18 p.m. EDT Sunday night, Sept. 18, from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station after enduring five consecutive days of delays due to poor weather.” Dozens of “Starlink satellites deployed from the Falcon 9’s upper stage about 15 minutes after launch. The internet-beaming satellites will spend the next few days spacing out and raising their orbits before joining the more than 3,200 already in service.”
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On Sunday, September 18 at 8:18 p.m. ET, SpaceX launched 54 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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