SpaceX to launch Swedish internet satellite tonight: Watch it live

SpaceX is poised to release a Swedish broadband satellite tonight (Jan. 3) on the business’s 2nd objective of 2024, and you can view the action live.

A Falcon 9 rocket bring the Ovzon 3 satellite is set up to take off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station this evening throughout a 10-minute window that opens at 6:04 p.m. EST (2304 GMT).

You can see it reside in the window above, thanks to SpaceXor straight by means of the business’s account on X. Coverage will start about 15 minutes before the launch window opens, according to a SpaceX objective description

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If all goes according to strategy, the Falcon 9’s very first phase will go back to Earth this evening, touching down back at Cape Canaveral 8 minutes after liftoff. It will be the 10th launch and landing for this specific booster, according to the SpaceX objective description.

The Falcon 9’s upper phase, on the other hand, will continue bring Ovzon 3 skyward, ultimately releasing the spacecraft in geosynchronous transfer orbit about 38.5 minutes after launch.

Ovzon 3 is “the very first independently moneyed and established Swedish geostationary satellite,” EverydayAstronaut.com composed. “It is an interactions satellite which will cover 1/3 of the Earth by means of its steerable area beams, satisfying the need for much better mobile broadband protection in under-served areas.”

Geostationary orbit lies about 22,200 miles (35,700 kilometers) above Earth. At this elevation, orbital speed matches our world’s rotational speed, enabling satellites to “hover” over the very same spot of ground constantly.

Tonight’s launch will be the second of 2024 for SpaceX. The business lofted 21 of its Starlink web satellites, consisting of the 6 “direct to cell” spacecraftthe other day (Jan. 2) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

There will be much more liftoffs to come: SpaceX agents have stated the business intends to launch 144 orbital objectives this yearThat would smash the SpaceX record of 96, which was embeded in 2023.

Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer withSpace.comand signed up with the group in 2010. He mostly covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military area, however has actually been understood to meddle the area art beat. His book about the look for alien life, “Out There,” was released on Nov. 13, 2018. Before ending up being a science author, Michael worked as a herpetologist and wildlife biologist. He has a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from the University of Sydney, Australia, a bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona, and a graduate certificate in science composing from the University of California, Santa Cruz. To discover what his newest job is, you can follow Michael on Twitter.