On peak days, SpaceX will set another milestone with the launch of Starlink

SpaceX will launch its 16th batch of Starlink broadband satellites on Saturday, which appears to be a busy day for Elon Musk’s company.

Promoting a new set of rotating routers has become a routine part of SpaceX as it works. Create a mega date
With thousands of individual satellites in a low Earth. But this mission puts wings in Musk’s hat.

The first phase of the Falcon 9 rocket is set to make its seventh flight, a record for rocket recycling for the company. The booster previously flew over a couple of four Starlink missions and a large couple of satellite launches.

SpaceX will likely try to land a booster on a drone in the Atlantic right after launch and try to capture the two corners of the nose or attach them to ships.

It all comes 10 hours after SpaceX announced another major launch across the country. On Saturday morning, another Falcon 9 will take off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, with the new NASA / European Space Agency Sentinel 6 Michael Freich satellite designed to raise global sea levels and improve weather forecasts.

The launch is currently scheduled for 9:17 am PT and you can find out Learn more about the mission In our previous coverage.

Starlink’s Saturday night launch is scheduled for Saturday at 7:17 PM PT (10:17 PM ET). You can see it all here. We will include a live broadcast in this post once it becomes available.