Starlink Mission

SpaceX is targeting Sunday, June 4 at 8:20 a.m. ET (12:20 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 second-generation Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. If needed, backup launch opportunities are available on Monday, June 5 at 5:44 a.m. ET (09:44 UTC), 6:23 a.m. ET (10:23 UTC), and 8:04 a.m. ET (12:04 UTC).

The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew-6 and SES O3b mPOWER. 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.

[thedarkside]

16:48 seriously outstanding just how casual this has become.
I'll always be amazed at the first stage landing.

[jaymac]

Only Space X could make something so complicated appear so routine 😮 Incredible!

[thefish]

Why do I keep watching these, even though they’re all pretty much the same? Because they’re fricking amazing, that’s why.

[greystreetdetour]

They just make it look so simple anymore. Within 8 1/2 minutes, a flawless launch, stage two separation, and recapture of the rocket with a bull’s-eye landing. The SpaceX team is truly phenomenal at what they do.

[geodesy]

In all the world no one else, private or nation state, has landed an orbital class rocket and SpaceX has done it 197 times. Extraordinary!

[Black_hole]

197 landings completed
Just 3 more landings remaining for the 200 mark
SpaceX is a big W.

[charlottejet]

Incredible. I say it every time I watch a Spacex launch and landing. They've made it the "norm".

[clevergirl]

13 years ago this rocket's first version launched for the first time.
Today it completed its 230th launch and 197th landing, and another one will launch again in a few hours.
It's a marvel of engineering.
Edit: CRS-28 has been scrubbed, , so no double launch today, but my point still stands.

[arobyte]

I click to the launch then fast forward to the first stage landing... Even though I know whats going to happen, which is remarkable in itself, it still never gets old

[vermontsownboy]

From watching Apollo missions in late 60s and early witness the near non-events of orbital class rocket reusability just never stops blowing me away. It remains astonishing.

[S.E.C-R]

I could watch Falcon9 land all day long… it still blows my mind that they can hit a perfect bullseye on a small platform in the middle of the ocean!!

[SnowTiger]

The Bullseye Landings of Stage 1 rockets never ceases to impress me. What an achievement that as of yet, no one else can repeat.

[Moose]

Always amazed how that 1st stage lands right in the centre

[engir]

I am 60 I watched the moon landing as a child on TV what Space X has done and can do is AMAZING, when they land the Stag 1 it gives me chills 🤩

[RWBHere]

Congratulations, SpaceX! And thank-you for sharing the experience. 🚀🙂👍

[jackgoldstein]

Amazing to see how routine the launches and landings have become. It is remarkable!

[thomaswilliamson]

It's just wild that we can send something to space, bring it back and land it, and watch it all in real time.

[stalthyone]

Godamn, 197 landings and still thrilling until the end!

[rogerheuckeroth]

It still amazes me that t max-Q the rocket is going faster a bullet out of a gun, and still well within our atmosphere. The stresses have to be enormous on the fairings. Then the fairings reenter the atmosphere falling many times faster with no heat shielding and still can be recovered and reused. Kudos to the engineers.

[andresayala]

Great job SpaceX. I enjoy watching every lift off and landing of the rockets. I wish I could see a rocket launch there in Cape Canaveral someday of my life. Greetings from South America. (Colombia)!