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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
- SpaceX is set to launch 24 of its Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday as the company looks to ramp up its launch schedule.
- The Starlink 6-69 mission will feature the most flown V2 Mini satellite on a single Falcon 9 launch. It will take off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Launch weather officers have said that there is a 90% chance of favourable weather conditions during the launch window.
- The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission will be launching for a 12th time. It is expected to land on SpaceX's drone ship, 'A Shortfall of Gravitas', after its eighth minute launch.
- Sunday’s Starlink launch will be the company’s third in four days. The company plans to launch a Korean communications satellite on Monday, followed by two more Starlink delivery missions this week.
- The launch of 24 Starlink satellites comes as SpaceX looks to ramp up its launch cadence to get as close as possible to the goal it set at the start of the year of 144 missions.
- To date, the company has launched 107 Falcon 9 rocket launches this year from its launch pads in Florida and California.
- A previous plan by SpaceX to increase the number of permitted launches to 50 in California was rejected in mid-October by the California Coastal Commission. Reportedly, this was due to Musk's increased political activity prior to the presidential election, and SpaceX's lack of plans on environmental monitoring and mitigation.
- The company has already agreed to enhance its monitoring and establish an interagency working group comprising of the US Fish and Wildlife, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the Federal Aviation Administration to address concerns as the number of launches increases.
- Reportedly, SpaceX plans to increase its launches from California up to 100 in 2025.
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