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The mission comes a day after launching 23 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A. Liftoff of the Starlink 6-52 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at 6:40 p.m. EDT (2240 UTC).

Following this mission, SpaceX will be one launch shy of tying the total number of Space Shuttle flights that lifted off from Launch Complex 39A. Liftoff of the Starlink 6-51 mission is set for 5:26 p.m. EDT (2126 UTC).

The rollout operation on Tuesday followed a day of evaluations using Boeing’s weight and center-of-gravity machine to determine the final measurements on the spacecraft. Launch is still targeting May 6 at 10:34 p.m. EDT (0234 UTC).

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson described the projection of an $11 billion mission price tag that wouldn’t see the samples returned until 2040 as “unacceptable.”

SpaceX is looking to shatter multiple records Friday night as it launches 23 satellites for the company's Starlink internet service from Cape Canaveral. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 9:22 p.m. EDT (0122 UTC).

The USSF-62 mission will feature the first National Security Space Launch mission using flight-proven payload fairings. Liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base is set for 7:25 a.m. PDT (10:25 a.m. EDT (1425 UTC).

The mission comes less than a day after SpaceX announced Albania as the latest country to gain access to the service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is set for 12:04 a.m. EDT (0404 UTC).

The issue with a gaseous nitrogen pipeline that caused the late March launch scrub was able to be resolved, according to NASA and its contractor, Air Liquide. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 37 is set for 12:53 p.m. EDT (1653 UTC).