SpaceX to Launch 46 Starlink Satellites on Sunday From California
SpaceX Mission Update
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, July 10 for a Falcon 9 launch of 46 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The instantaneous launch window is at 6:39 p.m. PT (01:39 UTC on Monday, July 11), and a backup opportunity is available on Monday, July 11 at 6:39 p.m. PT (01:39 UTC on Tuesday, July 12).
The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, and three Starlink missions. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will return to Earth and land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
You can watch the live launch webcast starting about 5 minutes before liftoff.
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A very good way to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the private commercial space industry, which dates to the launch of the Telstar Satellite that was designed, built, operated and owned by Bell Laboratories. Bell Laboratories then paid NASA to launch it. It marks the birth of the most successful space industry, the comsat industry.
Incidentally, it is still in orbit, although it’s electronics were fried by the Starfish Prime nuclear explosion.