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WATCH: SpaceX Rocket Launches from Cape Canaveral Early Monday Morning

By  //  June 12, 2023

WATCH LIVE: TWO LAUNCHES ON JUNE 12

ABOVE VIDEO: SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Monday, June 12, at 3:10 a.m. ET (12:20 UTC) carrying 22 second-generation Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

ABOVE VIDEO: SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Monday, June 12, at 3:10 a.m. ET (12:20 UTC) carrying 22 second-generation Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The SpaceX team is targeting two launches for Monday, June 12th.

First up, with a targeted liftoff time of 3:10 a.m. ET (07:10 UTC) is a Falcon 9 launch of 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Weather conditions are 90% favorable for the SpaceX rocket launch, according to the 45th Weather Squadron.

The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 1, Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, CRS-27, and four Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV.

Next up is SpaceX’s Transporter-8 mission headed to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The 57-minute launch window opens at 2:19 p.m. PT (21:19 UTC). If needed, there is a backup opportunity Tuesday, June 13 with the same window.

The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, and four Starlink missions. Following stage separation, Falcon 9 will land on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Transporter-8 is SpaceX’s eighth dedicated smallsat rideshare mission. There will be 72 payloads on this flight, including CubeSats, MicroSats, a re-entry capsule, and orbital transfer vehicles carrying spacecraft to be deployed at a later time.

You can watch the Transporter-8 live launch webcast above starting roughly 15 minutes prior to liftoff.