CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE — SpaceX successfully launched more than 20 Starlink satellites Tuesday night.

What You Need To Know

  • SpaceX successfully sent up another batch of Starlink satellites Tuesday night

  • It happened at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

 

SpaceX sent up its Falcon 9 rocket at 8:39 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Originally, SpaceX was going to send up Tuesday's mission at 5:20 p.m. ET, and then it was moved to 7:52 p.m. ET. The last launch attempt on Tuesday would have been 8:48 p.m. ET.

For whatever reason if SpaceX scrubbed Tuesday night’s launch, it would try again with six attempts on Wednesday, Oct. 18, starting at 4:55 p.m. ET until 8:23 p.m. ET.

No reason was given for the delayed launch on Tuesday night and it was unlikely the weather, as the 45th Weather Squadron issued a 95% chance of good launch conditions, with the only concern being the cumulus cloud rule.

A rocket’s long career

Before this launch, this Falcon 9’s first-stage booster, B1062, has an impressive 16 successful missions in its resume.

After the first-stage separation, it landed on the droneship Read the Instructions that was in the Atlantic Ocean.

About the mission:

The 22 satellites in the Starlink 6-23 mission joined the thousands of their mechanical brothers and sisters that are in low-Earth orbit.

The SpaceX-owned Starlink company stated the satellites provide internet services.

Before the launch, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics’ Dr. Jonathan McDowell recorded the following Starlink satellites numbers:

  • 4,905 are in orbit
  • 4,874 in working order
  • 4,306 are operational

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