"SpaceX's Latest Launch: Starlink Satellites Soar from California to Cape Canaveral"

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Source: Spaceflight Now
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SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for the Starlink 6-47 mission, with liftoff scheduled for early Friday morning. The booster will land on the SpaceX droneship, 'A Shortfall of Gravitas,' marking the 64th booster landing on ASOG and the 292nd booster landing to date. Additionally, SpaceX is preparing for two other Falcon 9 launches over the weekend, including a Starlink mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base and a rideshare mission from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX also announced progress on its next astronaut mission, Polaris Dawn, with the Crew Dragon spacecraft named "Resilience" undergoing vacuum chamber testing ahead of its expected launch in the summer of 2024.

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