{"id":188638,"date":"2026-03-12T13:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188638\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T13:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:00:07","slug":"spacex-targets-launch-of-29-starlink-satellites-from-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188638\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX targets launch of 29 Starlink satellites from Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Launch window opens at 6 a.m. Friday<\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; In this time-exposure photograph, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the 25th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX&#8217;s Starlink broadband network lifts off from the Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., late Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo\/John Raoux, File) (John Raoux,  Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. 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