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SpaceX will launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from the central coast of California this evening (November 13).

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Star link spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-aircraft capability, are expected to take off from Vandenberg Space Base tonight at 11:21 p.m. EST (8:21 p.m. California local time; 03:21 GMT November 14).

EspaceX will broadcast the action live via X, approximately five minutes before kickoff.

If all goes as planned, the Falcon 9 first stage will return to Earth for a vertical landing approximately eight minutes after liftoff. It will land on the SpaceX drone “Of Course I Still Love You,” which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

This will be the eighth launch and landing of this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description. Five of its previous seven flights were Starlink missions.

The Falcon 9 upper stage will carry the 20 Starlink satellites to low earth orbitdeploying them there approximately 60 minutes after takeoff.

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Starlink is the largest satellite constellation ever built – and it’s still growing, as tonight’s planned launch shows. There are currently over 6,500 active Starlink spacecraft, according to satellite tracker and astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, 270 of which are capable of transmitting directly to the cell.