{"id":11221,"date":"2022-10-20T21:09:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T13:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/another-batch-of-starlink-satellites-launch-from-cape-canaveral\/"},"modified":"2022-10-20T21:09:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T13:09:46","slug":"another-batch-of-starlink-satellites-launch-from-cape-canaveral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/another-batch-of-starlink-satellites-launch-from-cape-canaveral\/","title":{"rendered":"Another batch of Starlink satellites launch from Cape Canaveral"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starlink 4-36 mission launched SpaceX\u2019s next batch of 54 Starlink broadband satellites. Follow us on&nbsp;Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[tabby title=\u201dSFN Live\u201d]<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JHNEYHbnArc\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[tabbyending]<\/p>\n<p>Fifty-four Starlink internet satellites fastened to a Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Thursday from Cape Canaveral, continuing SpaceX\u2019s deployments for a broadband network reaching into an ever-expanding market linking rural households, ships, commercial airplanes, and Ukrainian military forces in their fight against Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The 54 satellites launched at 10:50:40 a.m. EDT (1450:40 GMT) Thursday from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.<\/p>\n<p>The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 rocket arced northeast from Florida\u2019s Space Coast, aiming for a low Earth orbit inclined 53.2 degrees to the equator. The rocket\u2019s upper stage released the 54 flat-packed Starlink satellites about 15 minutes into the mission.<\/p>\n<p>The satellites on-board the Falcon 9 will add to SpaceX\u2019s consumer-grade, high-speed, low-latency internet network. Subscribers can currently connect to the Starlink network in more than 40 countries and territories, and Japan recently became the first Asian nation to receive Starlink service.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59410\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59410\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221020starlink436.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221020starlink436.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221020starlink436-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221020starlink436-678x451.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221020starlink436-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off at 10:50 a.m. EDT (1450 GMT) Thursday with 54 Starlink internet satellites. Credit: Stephen Clark \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alongside previous offerings aimed at homes and businesses, RVs, and boats and ships, SpaceX on Tuesday announced Starlink service for aircraft. \u201cWith Starlink, passengers will be able to access high-speed, low-latency internet from the moment they walk on their plane,\u201d SpaceX tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>The company said airlines can outfit their planes with Starlink receives for a \u201cone-time hardware cost\u201d of $150,000, presumably per aircraft, with deliveries starting in 2023. The service fee will range between $12,500 to $25,000 per month, SpaceX said.<\/p>\n<p>For comparison, SpaceX charges $110 per month for Starlink\u2019s basic consumer-grade broadband service, with a one-time hardware cost of $599.<\/p>\n<p>While most customers have to pay to connect to the network, SpaceX has provided Starlink ground terminals and internet service for free to Ukraine\u2019s government and military since the days after the start of Russia\u2019s invasion of the country in February.<\/p>\n<p>CNN reported this week that SpaceX sent a letter to the Pentagon last month saying it can no longer continue funding the Starlink service in Ukraine as it has since February. Ukraine\u2019s military has relied on the network to maintain communications as terrestrial cell phone and internet networks were destroyed or disrupted by Russian attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk, SpaceX\u2019s founder and CEO, tweeted Oct. 7 that providing the Starlink service in Ukraine has cost SpaceX $80 million to date, and that figure will exceed $100 million by the end of the year. Around 25,000 Starlink user terminals have been sent to Ukraine so far, with roughly 11,000 of them paid for by countries, organizations, and donors, but not the U.S. Defense Department, according to Musk.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1580811694225653760&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2022%2F10%2F20%2Ffalcon-9-starlink-4-36-live-coverage%2F&amp;sessionId=00971f475f6ace0755e76ddee279cf6cc34d5877&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1580811694225653760\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782468865892180417=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In addition to terminals, we have to create, launch, maintain &amp; replenish satellites &amp; ground stations &amp; pay telcos for access to Internet via gateways.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve also had to defend against cyberattacks &amp; jamming, which are getting harder.<\/p>\n<p>Burn is approaching ~$20M\/month.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 14, 2022<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1580802376973230080&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2022%2F10%2F20%2Ffalcon-9-starlink-4-36-live-coverage%2F&amp;sessionId=00971f475f6ace0755e76ddee279cf6cc34d5877&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1580802376973230080\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782468865892180417=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SpaceX is not asking to recoup past expenses, but also cannot fund the existing system indefinitely *and* send several thousand more terminals that have data usage up to 100X greater than typical households. This is unreasonable.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 14, 2022<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX was widely praised when it began donating Starlink internet terminals to Ukraine in February, but Musk\u2019s comments encountered a backlash on social media. The world\u2019s richest man appeared to change his mind earlier this week, tweeting that SpaceX will continue funding the Starlink service in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX is losing about $20 million per month \u201cdue to unpaid service and costs related to enhanced security measures for cyberwar defense, but we\u2019ll keep going it (sigh),\u201d Musk tweeted Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Politico reported Monday that the Pentagon is considering paying for the Starlink satellite network in Ukraine, citing two unnamed U.S. officials involved in the deliberations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1581345747777179651&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2022%2F10%2F20%2Ffalcon-9-starlink-4-36-live-coverage%2F&amp;sessionId=00971f475f6ace0755e76ddee279cf6cc34d5877&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1581345747777179651\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782468865892180417=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The hell with it \u2026 even though Starlink is still losing money &amp; other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we\u2019ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 15, 2022<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Musk said the Starlink program is not yet a moneymaker for SpaceX.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, Starlink is still losing money!\u201d Musk tweeted. \u201cIt is insanely difficult for a LEO communications constellation to avoid bankruptcy \u2013 that was the fate of every company that tried this before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX is developing an upgraded, much larger Starlink satellite design sized to launch on the company\u2019s huge next-generation Starship rocket. But the Starship has not yet attempted a launch into low Earth orbit, and Musk said delays in developing and testing the new rocket could force SpaceX to start launching a smaller version of the new Starlink satellite design on Falcon 9 rockets.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX is more than halfway complete with deploying the initial fleet of 4,400 Starlink internet satellites. The company has approval from the Federal Communications Commission to eventually launch and operate up to 12,000 Starlink spacecraft, and SpaceX has signaled it could aim to fly as many as 42,000 Starlink satellites in orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The Starlink network was conceived as a venture to help draw in revenue to fund SpaceX\u2019s ambition to build a base on Mars. The Starship rocket itself, designed to be fully reusable with relatively low operating costs, is central to Musk\u2019s Mars dream.<\/p>\n<p>After Thursday\u2019s mission, SpaceX has 3,505 Starlink satellites into orbit, including prototypes and failed spacecraft. The company currently has more than 3,100 functioning Starlink satellites in space, with about 2,700 operational and another 400 moving into their operational orbits, according to a tabulation by Jonathan McDowell, an expert tracker of spaceflight activity and an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.<\/p>\n<p>The launch Thursday, designated Starlink 4-36, was SpaceX\u2019s 48th launch so far in 2022.&nbsp;SpaceX plans to complete more than 60 missions this year, an average of about one launch every six days.<\/p>\n<p>The higher launch rate has been aided by shorter turnarounds between missions at launch pads in Florida and California, and SpaceX\u2019s reuse of Falcon 9 boosters and payload fairings.&nbsp;Launches carrying satellites for SpaceX\u2019s own Starlink internet network, like the mission Thursday, have accounted for about two-thirds of the company\u2019s Falcon 9 flights so far this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcon 9 booster used on Thursday\u2019s mission is numbered B1062 in SpaceX\u2019s inventory of reusable rockets. The booster launched for the first time on Nov. 5, 2020, with a U.S. military GPS navigation satellite, and launched another GPS mission on June 17, 2021. It has launched two commercial astronaut missions \u2014 Inspiration4 and Axiom-1 \u2014 along with the Nilesat 301 communications satellite for Egypt, and four previous Starlink missions.<\/p>\n<p>The Starlink 4-36 mission was the 10th flight of B1062.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58493\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58493\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220827starlinkdata.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220827starlinkdata.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220827starlinkdata-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220827starlinkdata-678x386.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220827starlinkdata-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stationed inside a launch control center just south of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for Thursday\u2019s countdown, SpaceX\u2019s launch team began loading super-chilled, densified kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants into the Falcon 9 vehicle at T-minus 35 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Helium pressurant also flowed into the rocket in the last half-hour of the countdown. In the final seven minutes before liftoff, the Falcon 9\u2019s Merlin main engines were thermally conditioned for flight through a procedure known as \u201cchilldown.\u201d&nbsp;The Falcon 9\u2019s guidance and range safety systems were also configured for launch.<\/p>\n<p>After liftoff, the Falcon 9 rocket vectored its 1.7 million pounds of thrust \u2014 produced by nine Merlin engines \u2014 to steer northeast over the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The rocket exceeded the speed of sound in about one minute, then shut down its nine main engines two-and-a-half minutes after liftoff. The booster stage released from the Falcon 9\u2019s upper stage, then fired pulses from cold gas control thrusters and extended titanium grid fins to help steer the vehicle back into the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Two braking burns slowed the rocket for landing on the drone ship \u201cA Shortfall Of Gravitas\u201d around 400 miles (650 kilometers) downrange approximately nine minutes after liftoff.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcon 9\u2019s reusable payload fairing jettisoned during the second stage burn. A recovery ship was also on station in the Atlantic to retrieve the two halves of the nose cone after they splash down under parachutes.<\/p>\n<p>Landing of the first stage on Thursday\u2019s mission occurred moments after the Falcon 9\u2019s second stage engine cuts off to deliver the Starlink satellites into orbit. Separation of the 54 Starlink spacecraft, built by SpaceX in Redmond, Washington, from the Falcon 9 rocket was confirmed at T+plus 15 minutes, 23 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Retention rods released from the Starlink payload stack, allowing the flat-packed satellites to fly free from the Falcon 9\u2019s upper stage in orbit.&nbsp;The 54 spacecraft will unfurl solar arrays and run through automated activation steps, then use krypton-fueled ion engines to maneuver into their operational orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcon 9\u2019s guidance computer aimed deploy the satellites into an elliptical orbit at an inclination of 53.2 degrees to the equator. The satellites will use on-board propulsion to do the rest of the work to reach a circular orbit 335 miles (540 kilometers) above Earth.<\/p>\n<p>The Starlink satellites will fly in one of five orbital \u201cshells\u201d at different inclinations for SpaceX\u2019s global internet network. After reaching their operational orbit, the satellites will&nbsp;enter commercial service and begin beaming broadband signals to consumers, who can purchase Starlink service and connect to the network with a SpaceX-supplied ground terminal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROCKET:<\/strong>&nbsp;Falcon 9 (B1062.10)<\/p>\n<p><strong>PAYLOAD: <\/strong>54 Starlink satellites (Starlink 4-36)<\/p>\n<p><strong>LAUNCH SITE: <\/strong>SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida<\/p>\n<p><strong>LAUNCH DATE: <\/strong>Oct. 20,&nbsp;2022<\/p>\n<p><strong>LAUNCH TIME:<\/strong>&nbsp;10:50:40 a.m. EDT (1450:40 GMT)<\/p>\n<p><strong>WEATHER FORECAST:<\/strong>&nbsp;Greater than 90% chance&nbsp;of acceptable weather; Low-moderate risk of upper level winds; Low risk of unfavorable conditions for booster recovery<\/p>\n<p><strong>BOOSTER RECOVERY:&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cA Shortfall Of Gravitas\u201d drone ship east of Charleston, South Carolina<\/p>\n<p><strong>LAUNCH AZIMUTH: <\/strong>Northeast<\/p>\n<p><strong>TARGET ORBIT: <\/strong>144 miles by 209 miles (232 kilometers by 336 kilometers), 53.2 degrees inclination<\/p>\n<p><strong>LAUNCH TIMELINE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>T+00:00: Liftoff<\/li>\n<li>T+01:12: Maximum aerodynamic pressure (Max-Q)<\/li>\n<li>T+02:27:&nbsp;First stage main engine cutoff (MECO)<\/li>\n<li>T+02:31: Stage separation<\/li>\n<li>T+02:38: Second stage engine ignition<\/li>\n<li>T+02:42: Fairing jettison<\/li>\n<li>T+06:50: First stage entry burn ignition (three engines)<\/li>\n<li>T+07:09: First stage entry burn cutoff<\/li>\n<li>T+08:29: First stage landing burn ignition (one engine)<\/li>\n<li>T+08:42: Second stage engine cutoff (SECO 1)<\/li>\n<li>T+08:49: First stage landing<\/li>\n<li>T+15:23: Starlink satellite separation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MISSION STATS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>182nd launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2010<\/li>\n<li>190th launch of Falcon rocket family since 2006<\/li>\n<li>10th launch of Falcon 9 booster B1072<\/li>\n<li>156th Falcon 9 launch from Florida\u2019s Space Coast<\/li>\n<li>101st Falcon 9 launch from pad 40<\/li>\n<li>156th launch overall from pad 40<\/li>\n<li>123rd flight of a reused Falcon 9 booster<\/li>\n<li>64th dedicated Falcon 9 launch with Starlink satellites<\/li>\n<li>48th Falcon 9 launch of 2022<\/li>\n<li>48th launch by SpaceX in 2022<\/li>\n<li>46th orbital launch attempt based out of Cape Canaveral in 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starlink 4-36 mission launched SpaceX\u2019s next batch of 54 Starlink broadband satellites. Follow us on&nbsp;Twitter. 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