SpaceX closes out first half of 2023 with another Starlink launch

A Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Friday with 56 more Starlink internet satellites, wrapping up SpaceX’s action-packed first half of the year that included the debut of the company’s Starship mega-rocket, two Falcon Heavy missions, and two astronaut launches. SpaceX’s 44th launch of the year is scheduled to take off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:35 a.m. EDT (1535 UTC) Friday, the company’s second mission in two days. SpaceX pushed back the launch time from earlier Friday morning due to stormy weather. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jun 24)