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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: 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.

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