A Falcon 9 blasts off on Aug. 30.
SpaceXElon Musk's brain-computer company has been getting a lot of attention this week , but a quick reminder: His spaceflight company is readying yet another SpaceX Starlink launch . Before some pesky weather Sunday, SpaceX was going to attempt two launches within nine hours: a Starlink launch and the launch of the Saocom satellite. The latter made it off the pad and returned in spectacular fashion , but the Starlink launch was postponed. Now we know when it will be, and how you can watch.
The Starlink launch will now occur on Thursday, Sept. 3 at 5:46 a.m. PT (8:46 a.m. ET) from Launch Complex 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
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When a livestream link becomes available, we'll have it right here. You can always find a link to SpaceX launches at their webcast site .
The Falcon 9 rocket booster being used for the launch previously flew on June 30, delivering a US Space Force satellite to orbit. It will be the 11th operational flight for the Starlink satellite megaconstellation, which is designed to provide internet across the planet. Each Starlink launch features a batch of around 60 satellites and there are currently over 600 in orbit.
Starlink has caused significant pain for astronomers , who claim the satellites are bright enough to disturb their imaging of the cosmos. SpaceX is working with the astronomical community to minimize impacts, but there's a long way to go. The satellites are now being launched with "sunvisors" which make them less reflective, but at a recent satellite conference in the US, there was only one suggestion to eliminate the impacts entirely: launch fewer or no LEO sats.
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