SpaceX launch live stream: What time does the falcon 9 rocket launch?

SpaceX is all set to launch its 13th Starlink mission in which 60 Starlink satellites will be launched to orbit. The year 2020 saw SpaceX create history by becoming the first private company to send NASA astronauts to International Space Station. Today, September 17th, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here is more information about it.

SpaceX launch time: What time does the Falcon 9 rocket launch?

SpaceX is aiming to launch its thirteenth Starlink mission on September 17 at 2:19 PM ETD, 18:19 UTC. A backup opportunity has also been kept for the launch on Friday, September 18 at 1:57 PM ETD, 17:57 UTC. Check out the tweet below.

SpaceX launch live stream: Where to watch?

The official website of SpaceX would be streaming live the launch of Falcon 9. You can click here to go to the official website of SpaceX and watch the stream live. You can also watch it on Youtube on SpaceX’s official channel.

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What are Starlink satellites?

Starlink is the name of a satellite network that the private spaceflight company SpaceX has developed. It aims to provide low-cost internet to remote areas. 57 internet-beaming satellites were tucked inside the Falcon 9’s nose cone this morning. They were a part of SpaceX’s Starlink mega constellation and the 57 satellites will join hundreds that are already orbiting the earth. Till date, SpaceX has launched 595 Starlink satellites as it aims to complete a huge constellation.

The official website of SpaceX describes Starlink as:

With performance that far surpasses that of traditional satellite internet, and a global network unbounded by ground infrastructure limitations, Starlink will deliver high speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable.

Starlink is targeting service in the Northern U.S. and Canada in 2020, rapidly expanding to near global coverage of the populated world by 2021.

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Elon Musk on Starlink Satellites

Space.com reported that SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk had said that SpaceX needs between 400 and 800 Starlink Satellites in orbit.  According to the portal, it needs those many satellites in order to begin to roll out minimum coverage. The company has been teasing the arrival of a beta program which shall help the company test the service for eventual worldwide consumption.

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