We’re into the second of a trio of SpaceX launches to close out 2021, with the company’s Falcon 9 rocket set to launch the Turksat 5B mission at 7:58PM PT/10:58PM ET (3:58 UTC) on Saturday evening.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This particular booster (Core B1067) previously launched the CRS-22 and Crew-3 missions. The first stage will be landing on autonomous drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.
Check out the video below, set to go live in about 28 minutes:
Just 14 hours ago, SpaceX launched 52 more Starlink satellites into orbit, setting a record for a Falcon 9 booster being reused 11 times.
This was SpaceX’s 99th successful booster landing, and 78th mission flying a re-flown booster:
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