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SpaceX scrubs Falcon 9 rocket launch from California

Starlink mission to try again Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base

This video image provided by SpaceX, a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission to launch 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), takes off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. (SpaceX via AP) (Uncredited)

VANDERNBERG SPACE FORCE BASE – SpaceX on Wednesday scrubbed its launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

SpaceX will try to launch the mission at 9:40 a.m. EDT Thursday, sending 46 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.

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The first-stage booster supporting the mission previously launched Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar FM15, ISI EROS C-3, and three Starlink missions.

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Following stage separation, Falcon 9′s first stage will attempt to land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.


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