SpaceX announced on Tuesday it’s on track to launch its next batch of 60 Starlink satellites on Wednesday, April 28 at 8:44pm PDT/11:44pm EDT.
The company’s Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The company’s Falcon 9 rocket, B1060, will attempt its seventh flight, plus landing on SpaceX’s autonomous droneship, Just Read The Instructions.
This particular booster was last flown on the Starlink-22 mission back on March 24, 2021.
Targeting Wednesday, April 28 at 11:44 p.m. EDT for launch of 60 Starlink satellites from SLC-40 in Florida → https://t.co/bJFjLCzWdK
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