CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — With not a worry in sight (at the moment), the weather is looking good as SpaceX is preparing for another Starlink launch on Sunday morning. 

What You Need To Know

The Falcon 9 rocket will send up Starlink 10-17 mission

The Falcon 9 rocket will send up Starlink 10-17 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, stated SpaceX

The launch window will open at 10:52 a.m. ET to 2:52 p.m. ET. That means SpaceX needs to launch during that timeframe.

On Friday afternoon, the 45th Weather Squadron gave a 95% chance of good liftoff conditions and with no primary concerns, which is rare.

Find out more about the weather criteria for a Falcon 9 launch.

Going up for the old timer

This will be the 31st mission for the Falcon 9’s first-stage booster B1067.

Old B1067 has a number of missions under its belt, including two crewed launches.

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


About the mission

Once deployed and in their low-Earth orbit, the Starlink company’s 28 satellites will join the thousands already there and provide internet service to many parts of Earth.

SpaceX owns the Starlink company.

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

Before this launch, McDowell recorded the following:

8,626 are in orbit
7,455 are in operational orbit