{"id":208987,"date":"2023-01-11T16:09:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T15:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=208987"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:11:55","slug":"launch-spacexs-51-starlink-internet-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/launch-spacexs-51-starlink-internet-satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"You can watch the exciting launch of SpaceX&#8217;s 51 Starlink internet satellites later today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s here! SpaceX is about to launch <strong>51 Starlink internet satellites<\/strong> on top of a Falcon 9 rocket, and you\u2019ll be able to watch it live on YoutTube. The channel is set to stream it live at 10:48 p.m. ET. For all of you who love science and space, you really won\u2019t want to miss this occasion!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Starlink Mission\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bNAebzSvWt4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX is launching the Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, which will happen at 7:48 pm local time at the base. While the company had planned to do the launch this past Monday, bad weather led to its cancellation. To make sure everything was in order, the <strong>delay lasted until this evening<\/strong>, or tomorrow morning, depending on where you live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/SpaceX-Falcon-9-launch-is-tonight.jpg\" alt=\"SpaceX Falcon 9 launch is tonight\" class=\"wp-image-208986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/SpaceX-Falcon-9-launch-is-tonight.jpg 970w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/SpaceX-Falcon-9-launch-is-tonight-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/SpaceX-Falcon-9-launch-is-tonight-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/SpaceX-Falcon-9-launch-is-tonight-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/SpaceX-Falcon-9-launch-is-tonight-664x374.jpg 664w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/SpaceX-Falcon-9-launch-is-tonight-238x134.jpg 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/SpaceX-Falcon-9-launch-is-tonight-436x246.jpg 436w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/SpaceX-Falcon-9-launch-is-tonight-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/SpaceX-Falcon-9-launch-is-tonight-304x170.jpg 304w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/SpaceX-Falcon-9-launch-is-tonight-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/SpaceX-Falcon-9-launch-is-tonight-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was quite excited to share this news with you. I\u2019m a keen astronomer in my own private capacity, and I\u2019ve been keeping an eye on SpaceX\u2019s projects. No, it has nothing to do with Elon Musk owning the company. Instead, I\u2019m interested to see what it plans for the future, especially any further <strong>observations on Mars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What\u2019s fascinating is that Falcon 9 will take about <strong>nine minutes to spring the satellites<\/strong> into orbit, return to Earth, and carefully land on the waiting droneship in the Pacific Ocean. Of course, that\u2019s if everything goes according to plan. While it\u2019s in the best interest of everyone involved that it does, sometimes, these things go terribly wrong.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What\u2019s astounding is that SpaceX already has so many satellites orbiting the Earth, and has requested approval for another 30,000. Pretty soon, the planet will have a ring around it like Saturn filled with satellites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s here! SpaceX is about to launch 51 Starlink internet satellites on top of a Falcon 9 rocket, and you\u2019ll be able to watch it live on YoutTube. The channel is set to stream it live at 10:48 p.m. ET. For all of you who love science and space, you really won\u2019t want to miss &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/launch-spacexs-51-starlink-internet-satellites\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;You can watch the exciting launch of SpaceX&#8217;s 51 Starlink internet satellites later today&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":208985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[1435],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-208987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-spacex"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322645,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208987\/revisions\/322645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208987"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=208987"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=208987"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=208987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}