Arya News - SpaceX is set to launch 27 of its Starlink internet satellites Monday (Jan. 20), four days after a test flight of its Starship megarocket ended in an explosion.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the NROL-167 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Oct. 24, 2024. | Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX is set to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites Monday (Jan. 20), four days after a test flight of the company"s Starship megarocket ended in an explosion.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 27 Starlink craft is scheduled to lift off from California"s Vandenberg Space Force Base Sunday, during a four-hour window that opens at 10:13 a.m. EST (1513 GMT; 7:13 a.m. local time).
SpaceX will webcast the action live via its X account, beginning about five minutes before launch.
If all goes according to plan, the Falcon 9"s first stage will return to Earth about eight minutes after liftoff, touching down in the Pacific Ocean on the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You."
It will be the 10th launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description . Seven of its nine flights to date have been Starlink missions.
The Falcon 9"s upper stage, meanwhile, will haul the 27 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit , deploying them there 61.5 minutes after liftoff.