A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in the launch position at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the launch of eight Globalstar satellites. Image: SpaceX
Globalstar is getting ready to replenish its low Earth orbit satellite constellation with a Saturday night launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The mission, dubbed Globalstar 2R Launch 1, will send a batch of eight satellites into orbit with a deployment sequence beginning more than 56 minutes after liftoff and lasting less than 10 minutes.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will take off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 9:12 p.m. EDT (0112 UTC), less than 40 minutes prior to another planned Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about an hour prior to liftoff.
