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WATCH LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch Set for Tonight from Cape Canaveral Carrying Starlink Satellites – SpaceCoastDaily.com

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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, December 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23Starlinksatellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Liftoff is targeted for 11:00 p.m. ET, with backup opportunities available until 2:58 a.m. ET on Wednesday, December 13.

If needed, additional opportunities are also available on Wednesday, December 13 starting at 11:07 p.m. ET.

A live webcast of this mission will begin onX @SpaceXabout five minutes prior to liftoff.Watch live.

This is the third flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched the Crew-7 and CRS-29 missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV.

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SpaceX launches its 90th orbital mission of the year (video) – Space.com

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit early Thursday morning (Dec. 7).

A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:07 a.m. EST (0507 GMT), on SpaceX's 90th orbital mission of 2023.

Related: Starlink satellite train: How to see and track it in the night sky

As to plan, the rocket's first stage came back to Earth for a vertical landing about 8.5 minutes after launch. It touched down on the SpaceX droneship "Just Read the Instructions," which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast.

It was the ninth launch and landing for this particular booster, according to the mission description.

The 23 Starlink satellites, meanwhile, were set to deploy from the Falcon 9's upper stage into low Earth orbit about 65 minutes after liftoff.

Starlink is SpaceX's huge and ever-growing broadband megaconstellation, which beams internet service down to people around the world. The network currently consists of more than 5,100 active satellites, according to astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell.

SpaceX extends its flight-cadence record with every liftoff these days. The company's previous annual mark, 61 launches, was set last year. But we should expect even more spaceflight action next year: SpaceX representatives have said they're shooting for 144 launches in 2024.

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SpaceX delays launch of another batch of Starlink satellites to Tuesday – Yahoo News

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SpaceX has delayed the launch of Starlink satellites to Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 11:02 p.m.

A backup opportunity will be on Wednesday.

If the launch happens, watch Channel 9 for coverage.

SpaceX is set to launch another batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.

Liftoff is scheduled for Monday night at 11:05 p.m., with backup opportunities available until 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 12.

If the launch is scrubbed, additional opportunities are also available on Tuesday starting at 11:02 p.m.

The Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites with takeoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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This is the third flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched the Crew-7 and CRS-29 missions.

Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Starlink satellites provide broadband internet capability to locations throughout the world.

Stay with Channel 9 for live coverage of the launch.

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SpaceX launches more than 20 Starlink satellites – News 13 Orlando

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE While there were a few delays, SpaceX was able to launch more than 20 Starlink satellites early Thursday morning.

The California-based companys Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:07 a.m. ET, stated SpaceX.

The launch window was originally set to open at 11:01 p.m. ET, but it was pushed back to 11:41 p.m. ET and then eventually 12:07 a.m. ET. SpaceX had other attempts, with the final time being at 2:59 a.m. ET, Thursday.

SpaceX did not give a reason why the Starlink 6-33 mission was pushed back. If the mission was scrubbed, the next liftoff attempt would have been Thursday, Dec. 7, with the launch window starting at 11:01 p.m. ET.

And the weather was good for the early Thursday morning launch, with the 45th Weather Squadron giving a 95% chance of good liftoff conditions. The only main concern was the liftoff winds.

Go here to learn aboutNASAs launch weather criteria for the Falcon 9 rocket.

This Falcon 9s first-stage booster, called B1077, has eight successful missions, excluding this one.

After the stage separation, the first-stage booster landed on the droneship Just Read the Instructions that will be in the Atlantic Ocean.

File image by SpaceX

The Starlink 6-33 mission sent up 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit, where they will join the thousands of their mechanical brothers and sisters already up there.

These Starlink V2 Mini satellites each weigh 1,760 pounds (800 kilograms) and will provide internet services to many places around the globe, stated Starlink, a SpaceX company.

Before the launch, Dr. Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysicsdocumented the following Starlink satellite information.

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Ethereal halo of light around full moon spotted during recent SpaceX rocket launch – Space.com

An ethereal halo of light around the fullmooncreated by ice crystals from overhanging clouds recently shone bright during a SpaceX rocket launch in Florida, setting the stage for a stunning time-lapse photo that captured the luminous ring and streaking rocket in the same frame.

On Nov. 27, SpaceX launched one of its Falcon 9 rockets at 11:20 p.m. EST from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The rocket, which was carrying 23 Starlink satellites, promptly made it out of Earth's atmosphere and safely delivered its payload into low-Earth orbit.

At the same time, November's full moonwas also high in the skyand surrounded by a ring of light. The luminous halo was created by light reflecting off tiny ice crystals fromcirrus clouds thin and patchy clouds that form between 20,000 and 40,000 feet (6,100 and 12,200 meters) above Earth's surface,Spaceweather.com reported.

The rocket also punched a hole through the icy clouds shortly after launch but this was not the cause of the halo. It is unclear when the halo emerged but the time-lapse image spans exactly 128 seconds, which means the ring stayed intact for at least this long.

Related: What is a moon halo?

Similar light arcs and halos are alsooccasionally spotted around the sunwhen the ice crystals from cirrus clouds perfectly align between our home star and an observer.

Photographer Gilbert Plumer took a time-lapse image of the rocket launch from Rockledge, around 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Cape Canaveral. The prolonged photo shows the fiery trajectory of the ascending rocket with the halo in the background.

Thenumber of SpaceX launches is increasingyear on year as the company expands itsStarlinkconstellation, which aims to make the internet more widely accessible across the globe. But, despite setting the stage for some cool photos, these more frequent launches may not be such a good thing, Plumer told Live Science in an email.

"The Starlink schedule has increased so much that there is a launch every week," Plumer said. The increase in orbiting satellites is making the sky much brighter than it used to be, which isalready causing problems for astronomers, he added

In July, new research revealed that Starlink satellites are also "leaking" radio waves thatcould hinder radio astronomers too.

The company has also been criticized because satellites canfall out of orbitandcrash back to Earthduring solar storms.

Although this rocket launch was not the cause of the halo of light, Falcon 9 rockets have beenlinked to other visual phenomenain the past, includingbright red streaks of aurora-like lightthat appear in the sky after the rockets open "holes" in the upper atmosphere, andwhirlpool-like swirls of light, known as SpaceX spirals, which are created when frozen fuel is dumped from the rockets' spinning secondary boosters.

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