How to watch SpaceX launch 2,000th Starlink satellite Tuesday

SpaceX is trying to set a robust tempo for launches in 2022 as its third Falcon 9 mission of the month is scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Tuesday night.

This would be the second Starlink mission of the yr, with 49 of the corporate’s low-Earth-orbit flying broadband routers able to be deployed about quarter-hour after blast-off. 

This mission will put the whole variety of Starlinks launched, together with the earliest variations to make it to orbit, at over 2,000 for the primary time, based on data kept by astronomer Jonathan McDowell. 

Nonetheless, various these satellites have been de-orbited or aren’t presently energetic, as Elon Musk not too long ago identified on Twitter. 

This newest batch of satellites consists of laser hyperlinks that can enable the Starlinks to speak in orbit and cut back the necessity for quite a few, pricey floor stations. 

The Falcon 9 booster that can do the lofting is making its tenth flight, having beforehand launched a GPS satellite tv for pc, a Turkish communications satellite tv for pc, a smallsat rideshare and 6 different Starlink missions. 

The rocket will land on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas stationed within the Atlantic ocean lower than 10 minutes after launch. The nostril cone for this mission can be recycled from earlier Starlink missions.

Launch was initially set for Monday, however was pushed again for extra favorable climate situations the subsequent day.

As standard, SpaceX will livestream the entire thing beginning about quarter-hour earlier than liftoff at 4:04 p.m. PT and you’ll watch through the feed under.