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SpaceX moves Starlink launch up a day to Wednesday

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Space is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .SpaceX's next batch of will get off the ground a day earlier than we'd thought.The next 60 Starlink craft will launch Wednesday afternoon (April 22) (April 23), SpaceX representatives announced today (April 20)."With a more favorable weather forecast for launch and landing, now targeting Wednesday, April 22 at 3:37 p.m. EDT [1937 GMT] for this week’s Falcon 9 Starlink mission," the company said via Twitter this afternoon.As that tweet notes, will attempt to land the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket that lofts the Starlink satellites. That booster already has considerable experience going up and coming down; it has flown three space missions to date.&nbsp;You can and on the Space.com homepage when the time comes, courtesy of SpaceX, or . SpaceX's webcasts typically begin about 15 minutes before launch.With a more favorable weather forecast for launch and landing, now targeting Wednesday, April 22 at 3:37 p.m. EDT for this week’s Falcon 9 Starlink missionWednesday's launch will be the seventh 60-satellite Starlink liftoff for SpaceX to date. And many more such missions are coming in the near future, if all goes according to plan: SpaceX has approval to loft 12,000 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit and has sought permission for up to 30,000 additional craft.The Starlink constellation is designed to provide fast and cost-effective internet service to people around the world. The network is on track to be up and running , SpaceX representatives have said.&nbsp;That doesn't mean 12,000 satellites will be aloft by then, however. Company founder and CEO Elon Musk has said that Starlink could provide "minor" broadband coverage with at least 400 satellites and "moderate" coverage with about 800.Mike Wall is the author of "" (Grand Central Publishing, 2018; illustrated by), a book about the search for alien life. Follow him on Twitter . Follow us on Twitter or.&nbsp;For a limited time, you can take out a digital subscription to any of for just $2.38 per month, or 45% off the standard price for the first three months.to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at:Get breaking space news and the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!Thank you for signing up to Space. You will receive a verification email shortly.There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again.MORE FROM SPACE...12345

Space is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .SpaceX's next batch of will get off the ground a day earlier than we'd thought.The next 60 Starlink craft will launch Wednesday afternoon (April 22) (April 23), SpaceX representatives announced today (April 20)."With a more favorable weather forecast for launch and landing, now targeting Wednesday, April 22 at 3:37 p.m. EDT [1937 GMT] for this week’s Falcon 9 Starlink mission," the company said via Twitter this afternoon.As that tweet notes, will attempt to land the first...

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SpaceX moves Starlink launch up a day to Wednesday

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