SpaceX to launch next Starlink mission on Friday evening

ORLANDO, Fla. - If all goes according to schedule, SpaceX will launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit from Florida on Friday evening.

SpaceX is targeting Friday, September 15 at 11:38 p.m. ET 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 Station in Florida.

If needed, an additional opportunity is available on Saturday, September 16 at 12:07 a.m. ET.

This is the fifth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER, and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.