{"id":8742,"date":"2020-09-30T19:26:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T00:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=8742"},"modified":"2020-09-30T19:26:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T00:26:07","slug":"spacex-targets-thursday-october-1-for-falcon-9-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=8742","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Targets Thursday, October 1 for Falcon 9 Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SpaceX is targeting Thursday, October 1 at 9:17 a.m. EDT for a Falcon 9 launch of 60 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Falcon 9\u2019s first stage previously supported launch of Crew Dragon\u2019s first flight to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts onboard and the ANASIS-II mission. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9\u2019s first stage on the \u201cOf Course I Still Love You\u201d droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. 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