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Space X announces new Falcon 9 launch window for Thursday evening

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VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – SpaceX has announced a new launch window for Thursday, Feb. 8 between 4:56 p.m. and 5:54 p.m. for a Falcon 9 liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base carrying 22 Starlink Satellites destined for low-Earth orbit.

A live webcast of the launch will begin about five minutes before liftoff you can watch here.

This will be the 14th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission which has previously launched: NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transport-9, and seven previous Starlink missions.

After the first stage separation, the booster will return to land on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship awaiting in the Pacific Ocean.

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