You can watch the rocket fly for a record 13th time on Thursday.
A rocket is scheduled to lift off at 9:11 a.m. The station is located in Florida. You can watch it here at Space.com or via the company. About 10 minutes before liftoff, coverage is expected to start.
After liftoff, the first stage of the Falcon 9 will return to Earth for a touchdown attempt on the Just Read Instructions, which will be located off the Florida coast. If all goes according to plan, the 53 Starlink satellites will be put into low Earth orbit seven minutes later.
The Starlink megaconstellation was photographed.
The 13th mission for the Falcon 9's first stage will tie a reuse record the company set last month on another Starlink launch.
The booster helped launch the first-ever crewed flight from the International Space Station in 2020, as well as two "rideshare" missions that lofted dozens of satellites.
Musk has long stressed that full and rapid rocket reuse is the key breakthrough needed to explore the universe. The upper stage of the Falcon 9 is expendable, but the next- generation space transportation system will be, if all goes to plan.
Starlink is a large constellation of satellites. Many more Starlink satellites will likely get there in the near future, as the company has permission to launch up to 30,000 more.
In the year 2022, the company has launched 27 missions, of which 15 were Starlink flights.
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