SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral – SpaceFlight now

SpaceX is preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with its latest batch of mini-satellites Starlink V2 in Low Earth orbit Tuesday morning.

The mission, nicknamed Starlink 12-24, should discharge from Space Launch Complex 40 at Space Force Cape Canaveral station at 9:05 a.m. HAE (1305 UTC).

Spaceflight will now have live coverage starting about an hour before launch.

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On Monday, the 45th meteorological squadron planned a 95% time of time favorable to the opening of the launch window on Tuesday. During the four -hour window, time is deteriorating at a favorability of 70%.

“The chances of shower are low in the morning, but will increase in the early afternoon with daily heating and the development of the sea breeze,” wrote the weather agents. “Although the greater convection is expected later during the day, the sea breeze could trigger local development showers towards the end of the window.”

SpaceX will use Falcon 9 First Stage Booster, tail number B1083, to launch the mission, which will fly for the 12th time. Its previous flights include CREW-8 from NASA, Polaris Dawn and the second the NOVA-C of intuitive machines.

A little more than eight minutes after takeoff, B1083 will target an landing on droneship “I just read the instructions”. In case of success, it will be the 124th Booster Landing on this ship and the 460th Booster Landing to date.

On board the Falcon 9 rocket is 23 optimized Starlink V2 satellites, 13 of which have direct capacities to cells. Before this launch, SpaceX has launched 260 STARLink Satellites compatible DTC so far this year.