SpaceX originally was targeting Sunday, February 20 at 11:13 a.m. EST to launch a batch of 46 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit, but that has been delayed to Monday, due to unfavourable recovery weather.
On Saturday morning, SpaceX announced the new targeted date is now Monday, February 21, at 6:44 a.m PST/9:44 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
According to SpaceX, the first stage Falcon 9 booster, B1058, will be attempting its 11th flight and landing. This booster previously launched Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Transporter-3, and five Starlink missions. Its first flight was back in May 2020 and its most recent flight was on January 13, 2022, for the Transporter 3 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) mission.
This Falcon 9 first stage will be landing on the SpaceX droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX says this is the fourth flight for both fairing halves on this Starlink mission.
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