You can watch the live launch and landing of the rocket on Saturday, June 18th.
The rocket is scheduled to lift off at 10:19 a.m. on Saturday. The sun rises and sets in California at 7:19 a.m. You can watch the action at Space.com or via the company. About 10 minutes before the launch, coverage is expected to start.
If everything goes according to plan, the first stage of the Falcon 9 will land on Earth about nine minutes after liftoff. The upper stage will carry a radar satellite that will be operated by the German military, as well as a number of "rideshare" satellites, according to EverydayAstronaut.com.
The most memorable missions from the company.
Saturday's launch is the middle mission of a trio that will take 36 hours to complete. The company launched 53 of its Starlink internet satellites yesterday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a mission that set a new rocket-reuse record. The first stage of the Falcon 9 is ready to fly on Saturday, according to the mission description.
The third launch in the rapid-fire trio is scheduled for early Sunday, when a Falcon 9 will loft a communications satellite for GlobalStar. The mission will be launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
This year has been a busy one for the company. One per week is how many missions the company has conducted so far.
While all of these operational rockets get off the ground, SpaceX continues work on its potentially transformational next-generation transportation system. The first flight test of Starship could happen in the next few months if the FAA approves the environmental review.
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