Elon Musk-led SpaceX announced its final launch of 2024 with the Falcon 9 liftoff bearing 21 Starlink satellites on December 31, Tuesday.
The low-Earth orbit launch is scheduled for 12:34am ET or 11.04am India time on Tuesday from the Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.
Source: SpaceX
According to details provided by SpaceX, the launch director would verify “go” for propellant load 38 minutes before liftoff. An hour after launch, the 21 Starlink satellites would be deployed.
Where to watch the SpaceX Starlink Mission launch—the last mission of 2024
SpaceX would provide a live webcast of the Starlink mission. The telecast is scheduled to begin five minutes before the liftoff time, and the public can watch it on SpaceX’s official account on the Musk-owned social media platform X (formerly Twitter), @SpaceX. The webcast would also be available on the X TV app.
Falcon 9 completes back-to-back missions from California and Florida, delivering 22 @Starlink satellites to the constellation and @Astranis’s From One to Many mission to orbit on our 132nd and 133rd launches of the year pic.twitter.com/TvvWgIj4jZ
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 29, 2024
This will be the 134th launch this year and the 428th launch by SpaceX in total, according to company data. So far, SpaceX has completed 427 launches, 389 landings, and 359 reflights.
On Sunday, Falcon 9 launched the “Astranis: From One to Many” mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from the Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/MzMFrW5gte
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 29, 2024
On Saturday, SpaceX also deployed 22 Starlink satellites with a Falcon 9 launch from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Shortly after the Sunday morning launch, Elon Musk tweeted, “Congrats, SpaceX team, on completing two great orbital missions in 24 hours!” He also posted how, with each launch, Starlink’s internet “gets a little better”.
