Published 09/23/2023 2:31:39 p.m.

SpaceX sets up 200th reflight with Cape Canaveral launch tonight

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SpaceX's planned Saturday night launch would be the 200th reuse of a booster among its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. The first-stage booster is making a record-tying 17th flight with a planned recovery landing down range on droneship Just Read the Instructions. The launch marks the 51st of the year coming up quick on its record 57 set in 2022.

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SpaceX sets up 200th reflight with Cape Canaveral launch tonight

SpaceX’s reusability juggernaut keeps rolling with a planned Space Coast launch Saturday night that would mark the 200th time the company has relied on a previously launched booster to get its payloads to space. A Falcon 9 rocket flying on the Starlink 6-18 mission carrying 22 of its Starlink satellites is set to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 9:07 p.m. with three more options Saturday night from 9:…

09/23/2023 2:31:39 p.m.·Orlando, United States

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