BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — SpaceX crews are preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Monday from Florida’s Space Coast.
SpaceX plans to launch the Nusantara Lima mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The mission plans to send an Indonesian telecommunications satellite into orbit.
The launch window for the mission opens at 8:02 p.m., with a backup opportunity available on Tuesday, September 9, starting at 8:01 p.m.
This launch will be the 23rd flight for the first stage booster, which has previously supported a variety of missions including Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER-b, USSF-124, BlueBird 1-5, and 18 Starlink missions.
After the launch, the first stage of the rocket is planned to land on the droneship “A Shortfall of Gravitas,” in the Atlantic Ocean.
Channel 9 will monitor the planned rocket launch and will provide updates on Eyewitness News.
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