SpaceX has announced on Tuesday it plans to launch 60 more Starlink Satellites on Wenesday, April 7, at 9:34 a.m PDT/12:34 p.m. EDT, from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The Starlink-23 mission will see SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster, core B1058 attempt its seventh flight and landing. It previously sent 60 Starlink satellites in to orbit on March 11, 2021.
Tomorrow’s daytime launch should allow SpaceX spectators a better view of Falcon 9 taking off, versus last month’s night launches.
In March, SpaceX sent 240 Starlink satellites into space, with now over 1,300 satellites in orbit. Currently, Starlink is in beta and is available in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Germany and New Zealand.
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