SpaceX's Starship: The Holy Grail of Reusable Rockets and NASA's Ticket to the Moon

SpaceX is preparing for a double launch day with back-to-back Falcon 9 rockets on Friday, carrying Starlink satellites and telecommunications satellites respectively.

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The first launch is scheduled for 3:26 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 4 in California, while the second launch is scheduled for 7:38 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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The Starlink satellites will be used to add to the company's internet mega constellation, with the total number of Starlinks in orbit currently at 3,751.

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The telecommunications satellites, SES-18 & SES-19, will be deployed to a geosynchronous transfer orbit.

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SpaceX's website will stream both launches live.

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SpaceX's upcoming Starship is a super-heavy-lift rocket & spacecraft designed for deep space missions.

NASA plans to use Starship to land astronauts on the moon during the Artemis 3 and 4 missions, with the first mission potentially as early as 2025.in some text

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Starship is fueled with 10 million pounds of liquid methane and oxygen, which is more manageable and less prone to leaks than liquid hydrogen, which NASA uses.

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