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posted by martyb on Wednesday March 18 2020, @12:16PM   Printer-friendly
[20200318_124615 UTC Update: Booster recovery unsuccessful. I have seen no report, yet, on fairing recovery. Successful deployment of 60 Starlink satellites. Also, I apologize for the very late original posting of this story. --martyb]

SpaceX will make another attempt at launching Starlink satellites at 08:16 ET today.

YouTube live stream.

Cf: SpaceX Attempts Fifth Launch of Same Falcon 9 Sun 2020-03-15 09:22 EDT - Aborted.


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by takyon on Wednesday March 18 2020, @12:39PM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Wednesday March 18 2020, @12:39PM (#972737) Journal

    https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/satellite-database [ucsusa.org]

    Total number of US satellites: 1,007
    Civil: 35
    Commercial: 620
    Government: 163
    Military: 189

    SpaceX now has 5 more satellites in orbit (357) than the U.S. government + military (352).

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  • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Wednesday March 18 2020, @02:53PM

    by Immerman (3985) on Wednesday March 18 2020, @02:53PM (#972765)

    And they're just getting warmed up. 7000+ planned in the not-too-distant future, more than 3x the total number of satellites currently in operation.

  • (Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Wednesday March 18 2020, @08:56PM

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 18 2020, @08:56PM (#972911) Journal

    Stay good Elon!

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