The next round of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellite launches is now scheduled to take off no earlier than Friday evening (March 29).

On Thursday, March 28, the business scheduled the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. However, the launch was canceled before the rocket was even filled with fuel. This Friday at 10:30 p.m. EDT (7:30 p.m. Pacific time or 0230 GMT on March 30) is now the earlier time slot that SpaceX is shooting for.

Using SpaceX’s X account, you can watch the launch live as it happens. Five minutes or so prior to liftoff, coverage will start.

About 8.5 minutes after launch, if all goes as planned, the first stage of the Falcon 9 will return to Earth for a vertical touchdown. The drone ship Of Course I Still Love You, which will be based in the Pacific Ocean, will have that landing on its deck.

As per the SpaceX mission description, this will be the booster’s fifteenth launch and landing.

The 22 Starlink satellites will be transported by the Falcon 9’s upper stage into low Earth orbit (LEO), where they will be launched approximately 62 minutes after takeoff.

The revised launch is set for 30 April 2024, with the first 20 flights going toward the establishment of the Starlink megaconstellation. According to astronomer and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell, SpaceX has launched 6,077 Starlink satellites to date, 5,610 of which are in use.