The company could launch two rockets just 44 minutes apart, beginning at 10:20 p.m. ET.
SpaceX Starlink satellites had to make 25,000 collision-avoidance maneuvers in just 6 months — and it will only get worse
Each of tonight's two planned launches is interesting in its own right. The Starlink mission, for example, features a Falcon 9 whose first stage already has 14 flights under its belt. A successful launch would bring that booster within one flight of SpaceX's reuse record, which is held byAnd tonight's Falcon 9 will likely fly again in the future; SpaceX plans to land it on a ship at sea about 8.5 minutes after launch.
Meanwhile, tonight's Falcon Heavy mission will loft the largest commercial communications satellite ever built. Jupiter 3 weighs 10.2 tons and, when fully deployed, will have a wingspan similar to that of a commercial jet, according to its operator, And every Falcon Heavy mission is special, given how powerful the rocket is and how rarely it leaves the ground . The Heavy has flown just six times to date, though three of those missions have occurred in the last eight months.
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