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SpaceX to try again to launch Starlink mission that was scrubbed

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SpaceX to try again to launch Starlink mission that was scrubbed

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — SpaceX will try to launch the Starlink 10-2 mission on Sunday after it scrubbed the launch a second before the countdown clock last week. 

What You Need To Know

  • The mission will leave from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
  • SpaceX will use a different Falcon 9 first-stage booster rocket for this mission

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will be attempting to send up the Starlink 10-2 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, stated the company.

SpaceX will have a number of attempts to send the 22 satellites up as the launch window opens at 1:15 p.m. ET and closes at 5:01 p.m. ET.

From the start of the launch window until it closes, the forecast goes from 50% down to 20% for good liftoff conditions, stated the 45th Weather Squadron.

The concerns against the launch are: Cumulus cloud, surface electric fields and anvil cloud rules.

If the launch is scrubbed, the next opportunity to fly into the black will be Monday at 1 p.m. ET.

Launching above the clouds

The Falcon 9’s first-stage booster B1078 has seen 10 missions, including one crewed one.

  1. Crew-6
  2. SES O3b mPOWER
  3. USSF-124 mission
  4. Starlink 6-4
  5. Starlink 6-8
  6. Starlink 6-16
  7. Starlink 6-31
  8. Starlink 6-46
  9. Starlink 6-53
  10. Starlink 6-60

After the stage separation, the first-stage rocket should land on the droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, that will be in the Atlantic Ocean.

The scrubbed attempt

On Friday, June 14, SpaceX scrubbed its third launch attempt of the Starlink 10-2 mission, just one second before the countdown clock reached zero.

SpaceX never stated why the launch was aborted, but the Falcon 9 first-stage booster B1073 that was supposed to be used has been replaced with the B1078.  

Last week, the first two attempts were scrubbed due to poor weather conditions.

SpaceX owns the Starlink company.

About the mission

The 22 satellites from the Starlink company will go to low-Earth orbit and join the thousands already there.

These satellites provide internet service to many parts of the globe.

Dr. Jonathan McDowell, of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has been documenting Starlink satellites.

Before this launch, McDowell recorded the following:

  • 6,171 are in orbit
  • 5,235 are in operational orbit
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