CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Update:
SpaceX successfully launched another batch of Starlink satellites Thursday night.
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SpaceX plans to launch its Falcon 9 rocket Thursday night.
It will carry 23 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.
Liftoff is scheduled for 10:45 p.m.
If the launch doesn’t happen, backup opportunities are available on Friday.
Read: Dream Chaser arrives at Kennedy Space Center
This is the 13th flight for the first stage booster, which launched Crew-5 and six Starlink missions.
After stage separation, the booster will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Channel 9 will have coverage of the launch here.
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