Starlink Mission

SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, January 20 for its seventeenth Starlink mission, which will launch 60 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center. The instantaneous window is at 8:02 a.m. EST, or 13:02 UTC.

The Falcon 9 first stage rocket booster supporting this mission previously flew on seven other missions: the SXM-7 mission in December 2020, launch of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission in June 2019, launch of Crew Dragons first demonstration mission in March 2019, and four Starlink missions. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9s first stage on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be located in the Atlantic Ocean. One half of Falcon 9s fairing previously supported a Starlink mission and the other previously supported two.