SpaceX is launching 22 Starlink internet satellites from Florida this evening

SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast this evening (October 26).

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today during a four-hour window that opens at 5:47 p.m. EDT (2147 GMT).

SpaceX will broadcast the launch live via X approximately five minutes before launch.

If all goes according to plan, the Falcon 9's first stage will return to Earth about eight minutes after liftoff. It will land on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic.

According to a SpaceX mission description, it will be this particular booster's 19th launch and landing and its 15th Starlink mission overall.

The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, will carry the Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO), where they will be deployed approximately 64 minutes after launch.

Related: Starlink satellite train: How to see and track it in the night sky

Starlink launches are progressing rapidly these days: SpaceX has launched 100 Falcon 9 missions so far in 2024, 66 of which were Starlink missions.

According to astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell, the Starlink mega-constellation, which transmits internet services to customers around the world, currently consists of more than 6,400 active satellites.

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