SpaceX launches morning Starlink mission from Kennedy Space Center

Published by NASA Spaceflight on 05/06/2022

SpaceX launched 53 internet communication satellites to low Earth orbit on the Starlink Group 4-17 mission. With liftoff scheduled for 09:42 UTC (5:42 AM EDT), the Falcon 9 launched from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A). This mission marked SpaceX’s 18th mission of 2022, making a pace of one Falcon 9 launch every seven days. In the event of a scrub, there was a backup window less than 24 hours later on May 7.