WATCH: SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket from Cape Canaveral Thursday Evening
By Space Coast Daily // April 18, 2024
coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV
WATCH LIVE: SpaceX Ready to Launch Falcon 9 Rocket from Cape Canaveral Thursday Evening
BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – SpaceX is targeting Thursday, April 18 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Liftoff is targeted for 6:40 p.m. ET, with backup opportunities available until 10:40 p.m. ET.
If needed, additional opportunities are also available on Friday, April 19 starting at 6:18 p.m. ET.
This is the seventh flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched ESA Euclid, Ax-2, Ax-3, CRS-30, and two Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
