SpaceX start 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now

Update 12:39 PM EST (1739 UTC): SpaceX has updated the T-0 start time.

SpaceX is preparing to send his latest stack of Starlink satellites to the Low Earth orbit on Monday afternoon. Among the 21 V2 -Mini satellites are 13 that have cell functions directly.

The upswing of the Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 12-7 mission of PAD 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is set for 5:05 p.m. EST (2205 UTC).

Spaceflight now has a live report that breaks off about an hour before the trigger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy5_oi8dk0y

The 45th weather squadron predicts a fairly idyllic view for the start window and predicts a 95 percent chance of cheap weather when withdrawing. It quoted “a little chance of a violation of Cumulus cloud rule.”

The Falcon 9 Booster of the first stage used in this mission, the rear number B1076 in the SpaceX fleet will start for the 20th time. The earlier flights included CRS-26, Intsat IS-40E and 10 Starlink missions.

A little more than eight minutes after the withdrawal, it is based on a landing on the SpaceX -Droneship, “a lack of gravitas”. If successful, it will be the 96th landing on ASOG and the previous 402nd booster landing.

SpaceX hopes to start with a high-start speed in 2025, even with his workhorse pad, the Space Launch Complex 40, has not been in the loop since January 13th. as three more about the manifesto before the end of January:

• January 29
• January 30th Starlink 12-3
• January 30th 11-4

Compared to previous years, SpaceX started in January 2024 and seven times in January 2023. The voluminous start month last year was November, while the 16th start.

SpaceX launched a total of 134 orbital missions in 2024, including two Falcon Heavy Flights. According to a graphic published in his 2024 report, SpaceX suggests that between 160 and 180 starts between the rockets of Falcon 9 and Falcon in 2025. This would require a starting rate of around 13 to 15 starts per month in the course of the year.