After scrubbing the launch of a Starlink mission on Sunday because of unfavorable weather conditions, the Space Coast is primed for a busy Monday.
Both Sunday's postponed Starlink mission and SpaceX's Koreasat-6A mission are set to take off from Brevard County on Monday afternoon — one a little after noon and the other just past 4 p.m.
Koreasat-6A mission
Launching first from Kennedy Space Center was a communication satellite dubbed KoreaSat-6A, which provides fixed satellite and broadcasting satellite services to South Korea. It is set to replace an older satellite currently in orbit.
But as the satellite travels to geosynchronous transfer, all eyes were on the Falcon 9 first-stage booster, particularly its successful recovery. Launching for the 23rd time, the booster tied the record amount of flights made by two other Falcon 9 boosters, both of which are now out of service.
About eight minutes after liftoff, the booster landed on Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, a little more than seven miles away from Kennedy Space Center and the same place SpaceX's Starlink mission is set to launch from later.
Starlink mission
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit is set to take off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station hours after the KoreaSat-6A satellite took to air.
The mission is set to launch at 4:02 p.m., but there are additional launch opportunities available until 7:44 p.m.
According to SpaceX, this is the 12th flight for the first-stage booster supporting this mission, with five of those being other Starlink launches. After first-stage separation, the booster is set to land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
> NBC2 will stream the launch in the player above