SpaceX teams are working toward a Wednesday morning launch after a previous attempt to boost 60 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket was aborted at Kennedy Space Center.
The company will target 8:16 a.m., the opening of a 10-minute window, for liftoff from pad 39A for the second attempt. The first on Sunday was automatically aborted at the last second due to an issue with the rocket's nine Merlin main engines, which briefly fired before shutting down.
The Air Force's 45th Weather Squadron expects 80% "go" conditions during the window.
This flight will mark the sixth mission to launch 60 Starlink satellites, which aims to deliver internet connectivity from space. It will push the constellation's size to nearly 400 small spacecraft in orbit, some of which have been "painted" with anti-reflective coatings to help preserve the integrity of ground-based astronomy.
The Falcon 9 booster for this mission flew four previous times, making this its fifth – the most for any SpaceX first stage to date. After liftoff, it will automatically target a drone ship landing in the Atlantic before being transported to Port Canaveral for checkouts and refurbishment.
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