SpaceX to Launch 2 Rockets Over California This Week
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is targeted to launch 27 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit on Tuesday from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The launch takes place on a milestone date, marking 20 years since the STS-114 space shuttle mission took off from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39B. The launch of Discovery on the STS-114 mission on July 26, 2005, marked the return to flight for the space shuttle after the Columbia tragedy investigation.
Who's up for an early morning rocket launch? Weather permitting, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket should be visible along the Space Coast on Saturday.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch from Vandenberg in California on a NASA mission. Where are some spots to watch liftoff? Will there be a sonic boom?
Late-night rocket launch window! Weather permitting and depending on cloud cover, SpaceX Falcon 9 should be visible in the Space Coast sky this week
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The Crew‑11 mission is targeting liftoff at 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 GMT) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will send four astronauts to the space station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, marking the 11th operational commercial crew rotation flight and the 12th human spaceflight under NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
SpaceX is planning to launch its Falcon 9 rocket two times in the next week from California on seperate Starlink satellite deployment missions.
The SFA recommends creating a compensation program for all domestic fishers and processors that suffer space-related economic losses or equipment damage.