You can watch the launch and return of the rocket on Wednesday, March 9.
A two-stage Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Florida on Wednesday. The time is 13:45 GMT. If everything goes according to plan, the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas, a few hundred miles off the Florida coast, about nine minutes later.
You can watch it here at Space.com, or via the company. Coverage will start about 15 minutes before liftoff.
The Starlink satellite megaconstellation was launched in photos.
According to the 45th Weather Squadron at Patrick Space Force Base in Florida, 80% of the time the weather is good enough to allow a launch.
This will be the fourth launch and landing for the first stage. The Arabsat 6A mission was launched by the booster in April of 2019.
The first two missions were flown by the huge Falcon Heavy rocket. COSMO-Skymed Second Generation FM2 was flown by a plane.
The constellation of broadband satellites is called Starlink. More than 2,000 Starlink craft have been launched to date, and many more will go up in the near future. Up to 30,000 more Starlink satellites could be launched by the company if it gets approval.
Starlink has internet service in many areas around the world. Due to the Russian invasion that began on February 24, Starlink in Ukraine has suffered some downtime.
The 10th launch will take place on Wednesday. Six of the nine completed have lofted satellites.
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