SpaceX is targeting Monday afternoon for its third rocket launch of the year from Cape Canaveral.
The launch is set to occur no earlier than 12:42 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The mission will be a Falcon 9 rocket sending the company’s next batch of 29 Starlink internet satellites to orbit.
If needed, the launch window extends until 4:42 p.m.
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No Brevard County sonic booms will be heard, as eight and a half minutes after liftoff, the rocket’s booster will target landing on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
The FLORIDA TODAY Space Team will have live updates beginning 90 minutes before liftoff at FloridaToday.com/Space.
Brooke Edwards is a Space Reporter for Florida Today. Contact her at bedwards@floridatoday.com or on X: @brookeofstars.
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