A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for launch in this file photo. Image: SpaceX.
Two semiconductor fabrication test beds will hitch a sub-orbital ride on the first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that is set to launch another batch of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral shortly after sunrise Sunday.
Liftoff of the Starlink 10-50 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 is currently scheduled for 6:46 a.m. EDT (1046 UTC). Space Force meteorologists predicted an 85 percent chance of favorable weather for launch.
Spaceflight Now will have live coverage starting about an hour prior to the launch.
In addition to boosting 29 satellites for SpaceX’s internet service, the Falcon 9 first-stage booster will carry two manufacturing pods for Washington, D.C.-based startup Besxar Space Industries on an eight-minute, 19-second ride to space and back.
