Starlink Mission

SpaceX is targeting Sunday, July 9 at 4:36 a.m. ET (8:36 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida. If needed, there are additional launch opportunities the same day at 5:27 a.m. ET (9:27 UTC), 6:17 a.m. ET (10:17 UTC), 7:08 a.m. ET (11:08 UTC), and 7:58 a.m. ET (11:58 UTC). Backup opportunities are also available on Sunday, July 9 at 8:36 p.m. ET (00:36 UTC), 9:27 p.m. ET (13:27 UTC), 10:17 p.m. (14:17 UTC) and 11:58 p.m. ET (15:58 UTC); all backup opportunity UTC launch times are on Monday, July 10. This is the 16th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Transporter-3, and ten Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff.