Launch of SpaceX Starlink washed Thursday because of high winds

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants to bring fast broadband to the world. Achieving this ambitious goal is based on 60 satellites tidy in a payload bay Falcon 9. Now, we will have to wait at least 24 hours.

the Starlink The mission is scheduled to deliver the first 60 Internet satellites in orbit Thursday, after the high winds delayed the planned launch on Wednesday night. The successful launch of Starlink will pave the way for a megaconstellation that will ultimately contain more than 12,000 miniature animals providing Internet services.

The i snow launch window should open at 19:30. PT and close at 9 pm PT May 16.

As in the case of SpaceX, the company will try to land with the Falcon 9 aircraft on a drone called "Of course, I still love you", floating in the Atlantic Ocean. About an hour after the start of the mission, the satellites will be deployed.

If you're the type of person who loves spaceships and wants to watch, SpaceX will broadcast the live broadcast Thursday on the homepage of the webcast. SpaceX usually starts broadcasting about 15 minutes before launch (in this case, it is 19:15).

The first 60 satellites will be dropped at an altitude of about 270 miles (440 kilometers) above Earth, if all goes well, and then slowly propel themselves to an orbit of about 340 miles (550 kilometers).

This will be the third time that this Falcon 9 booster is going up in space, according to SpaceX, with two previous flights in September 2018 and January 2019.

Musk has tried to moderate the expectations for this first historic satellite deployment, saying "everything will probably go wrong" and that these first 60 satellites are a test to demonstrate Starlink's future capabilities. Six more launches will be needed even before "minor" coverage is offered.

You can read everything on the Starlink plan for dominating the internet in space in CNET's practical expltor.

Updated 17:45 PT: SpaceX says the weather is good.
Updated 19:50 PT: SpaceX has cleaned the launch today.