SpaceX Launches Starlink's First Direct-to-Cell Network from Cape Canaveral
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SpaceX is set to launch 23 Starlink V2 Mini satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launch is scheduled for 12:12 a.m. EST, with favorable weather conditions predicted. The Falcon 9 booster, previously used as a side booster for a Falcon Heavy mission, will attempt a landing on the droneship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas.' This mission follows the recent completion of SpaceX's first orbital shell of DTC Starlink satellites.
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