Maxar 2 is the second of three missions with Maxar to deliver their six WorldView Legion satellites to orbit.

SpaceX announced it will attempt to launch two rockets from Florida’s Space Coast on Thursday evening.

Beautiful and milder. Overnight lows in the upper 50s and low 60s. Partly cloudy and breezy with highs in the 70s. Winds will be onshore (easterly) gusty up to 25 mph. These conditions will be with us through the weekend.

Thursday’s rollout is part of a “wet dress rehearsal” process.

Have you ever watched a rocket launch? Speck was featured in a recent episode of “The Best Advice Show,” and spoke about some of the best ways to take in this cool experience. “Watching a launch with a child, especially with one who has never seen a launch before, is the best experience,” Speck said. It is so cool.”If you’re trying to watch a launch online, put the launch feed up on the TV, maybe somewhere like your living room, for the best experience. What’s so cool about a rocket launch, anyway?

About 60 small satellites launched into orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 9:19 p.m. Starlink is already the largest telecom satellite constellation in existence, and SpaceX has regulatory approval to launch a total of more than 10,000 satellites. SpaceX is building a so-called "megaconstellation" of smaller and cheaper satellites that work together to accomplish a task instead. Other companies are building satellite constellations for other purposes, such as imaging Earth to track ground shipments or monitor crop growth. Space debris and astronomyAs Starlink grows, SpaceX CEO and chief engineer Elon Musk has pledged his company will be a responsible steward of space.