SpaceX launching Starlink satellites today on company's 40th mission of 2024

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Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.

internet satellites is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida today, during a four-hour window that opens at 6:40 p.m. EDT .about 8.5 minutes after launch. It will make a vertical landing on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Twenty-six of the 39 orbital missions that SpaceX has launched so far in 2024 have been devoted to building out the Starlink megaconstellation. That network is already huge: It currently consists ofof SpaceX's Starship megarocket, which the company is developing to take people and cargo to the moon, Mars and beyond.to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: and joined the team in 2010.

 

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