Editor’s note: Facing a poor weather forecast, SpaceX is now targeting a backup launch window that opens at 6:15 p.m. EDT Tuesday, a Federal Aviation Administration operations plan advisory shows.
Original story: Fresh off the heels of a back-to-back rocket launch doubleheader, SpaceX is targeting Monday night for its next Starlink mission from Florida’s Space Coast, per the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
NGA and Federal Aviation Administration navigational warnings show a launch window will open at 6:40 p.m. EDT Monday, then extend into the night until 11:11 p.m. However, SpaceX has yet to publicly announce this mission.
SpaceX launched the Starlink 6-51 mission Wednesday evening from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, then — just more than 24 hours later — launched the Starlink 6-52 mission Thursday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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In similar fashion, Monday’s Starlink 6-53 mission would send a new batch of broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit in a southeasterly trajectory aboard a 230-foot Falcon 9 rocket.
The Space Coast’s next orbital launch will be the 30th of the year thus far.
For the latest updates and news from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, visit floridatoday.com/space.
Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY (for more of his stories, click here.) Contact Neale at[email protected]. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1
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