A SpaceX rocket will launch a new fleet of the companys Starlink internet satellites into orbit tonight (Jan. 17) and you can view it live online. In what will be SpaceXs 3rd flight of 2022, the company is set to loft 49 Starlink satellites into area on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASAs Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is set up for 7:26 p.m. EST (0026 Jan. 18 GMT). Youll be able to enjoy the launch here and on the Space.com homepage, courtesy of SpaceX, beginning about 15 minutes prior to launch. You can likewise watch it straight from SpaceXs website and on YouTube.Related: SpaceXs Starlink satellite megaconstellation launches in photosA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 49 Starlink web satellites into orbit from Pad 29A of NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Jan. 6, 2022. Another Falcon 9 will release 49 more satellites from the very same pad on Jan. 17. (Image credit: SpaceX) Tonights launch will mark SpaceXs 2nd Starlink mission of 2022 following the Jan. 6 launch of 49 other satellites from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A second SpaceX objective, called Transporter-3, introduced 105 small satellites into orbit on Jan. 13 from a neighboring pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, however did not carry any Starlink satellites. The upcoming launch will be the 36th devoted Starlink objective for SpaceX, which has actually introduced nearly 2,000 of the broadband web satellites given that 2019. Since that very first flight, SpaceX has been progressively growing its Starlink megaconstellation to offer fast, trustworthy web service anywhere on Earth, especially in underserved and remote regions. The initial constellation is expected to number about 4,400 satellites.In 2021, SpaceX revamped its Starlink satellites to consist of laser communications so they might better interact with each other without utilizing ground relays. The Starlink satellites equipped with those laser systems will quickly activate them, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk composed in a Twitter upgrade Saturday (Jan. 15). Musk also added that 1,469 of SpaceXs Starlink satellites are presently active, with 272 of them moving into functional orbits in between 335 and 348 miles (540 and 560 kilometers) above Earth.The Falcon 9 rocket introducing tonights Starlink objective has flown 9 times in the past. It has introduced six different Starlink objectives, along with the GPS III-3 satellite for the U.S. military, the Turksat 5A satellite for Turkey and the Transporter 2 rideshare objective, which launched 85 small satellites and three Starlink satellites.The two payload fairings that make up the Falcon 9s nosecone have actually also flown prior to on Starlink objectives. After launch, the Falcon 9s first phase will return to Earth to arrive at SpaceXs drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean so that it can be reconditioned for a future flight. SpaceX frequently recycles Falcon 9 boosters and fairings as part of its reusability program to reduce the expense of its missions.Current weather condition projections from the U.S. Space Force predict a 70% opportunity of good weather at launch time for SpaceXs Starlink flight tonight. High winds at liftoff are the primary issues. It could attempt again on Tuesday at 7:04 p.m. EST (0004 GMT) if SpaceX is unable to release the Starlink mission Monday. The weather conditions for that day improve to over 90% for good weather, according the Space Force statement.Email Tariq Malik at [email protected] or follow him @tariqjmalik. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Instagram..
You can likewise view it straight from SpaceXs site and on YouTube.Related: SpaceXs Starlink satellite megaconstellation launches in photosA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 49 Starlink web satellites into orbit from Pad 29A of NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Jan. 6, 2022. (Image credit: SpaceX) Tonights launch will mark SpaceXs second Starlink objective of 2022 following the Jan. 6 launch of 49 other satellites from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space. The upcoming launch will be the 36th devoted Starlink objective for SpaceX, which has actually introduced almost 2,000 of the broadband web satellites given that 2019.