Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
SpaceX will launch 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California tonight , in the second leg of a planned spaceflight doubleheader.spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base during a 3.5-hour window that opens tonight at 10:13 p.m. EDT .
It will be the second Starlink mission in a little over three hours, if all goes according to plan; the company also aims to launch 23 of the broadband craft from Florida's Space CoastSpaceX mission description5,500 operational Starlink craft in LEO, but that number will continue to go up for the foreseeable future. SpaceX already has permission to deploy 12,000 Starlink satellites, and it has applied for approval for about 30,000 more on top of that.to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at:Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands and joined the team in 2010.
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