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Jacob Langston, Digital Journalist
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Jacob Langston, Digital Journalist
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – SpaceX announced they plan to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast early Monday morning.
Officials with the space agency said the launch of 21 more Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, is planned for 12:35 a.m. with backup opportunities available until 3:21 a.m., if needed.
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Liftoff will take place from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
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SpaceX said this will be the 14th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Axiom-2, Axiom-3, CRS-30, SES 24, Cygnus NG-21, Euclid, and seven Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
ClickOrlando will stream the launch live when it happens at the top of this story.
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Jacob joined ClickOrlando.com in 2022. He spent 19 years at the Orlando Sentinel, mostly as a photojournalist and video journalist, before joining Spectrum News 13 as a web editor and digital journalist in 2021.
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