SpaceX is poised to launch yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit tonight (Dec. 6).

SpaceX 準備在今晚（12 月 6 日）發射另一批 Starlink 網路衛星進入軌道。

A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:01 p.m. EST (0401 GMT on Dec. 7), on SpaceX's 90th orbital mission of 2023. 

搭載 23 顆星鏈太空船的獵鷹 9 號火箭計劃於晚上 11 點從佛羅裡達州卡納維爾角太空部隊站升空。美國東部時間（格林尼治標準時間 12 月 7 日 0401），SpaceX 執行 2023 年第 90 次軌道任務。

If SpaceX can't hit that initial target, backup opportunities are available until 2:59 a.m. EST (0759 GMT) on Thursday (Dec. 7), the company wrote in a mission description.

該公司在任務描述中寫道，如果 SpaceX 無法實現初始目標，則在美國東部時間週四（12 月 7 日）凌晨 2:59（格林尼治標準時間 0759）之前都有備用機會。

You can watch the action live via SpaceX's account on X (formerly known as Twitter). Coverage will begin about five minutes before the launch window opens.

您可以透過 SpaceX 在 X 上的帳戶（以前稱為 Twitter）觀看現場直播。報道將在發射窗口打開前約五分鐘開始。

If all goes according to plan, the rocket's first stage will come back to Earth for a vertical landing about 8.5 minutes after launch. It will touch down on the SpaceX droneship "Just Read the Instructions," which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast.

如果一切按計劃進行，火箭的第一級將在發射後約 8.5 分鐘返回地球並垂直著陸。它將降落在 SpaceX 無人機「Just Read the instructions」上，該船將駐紮在佛羅裡達州海岸附近的大西洋上。

It will be the ninth launch and landing for this particular booster, according to the mission description.  

根據任務描述，這將是這種特殊助推器的第九次發射和著陸。

The 23 Starlink satellites, meanwhile, will deploy from the Falcon 9's upper stage into low Earth orbit about 65 minutes after liftoff.

同時，23 顆星鏈衛星將在升空後約 65 分鐘從獵鷹 9 號的上級部署到近地軌道。

Starlink is SpaceX's huge and ever-growing broadband megaconstellation, which beams internet service down to people around the world. The network currently consists of more than 5,100 active satellites, according to astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell.

Starlink 是 SpaceX 龐大且不斷增長的寬頻巨型星座，它將網路服務傳送給世界各地的人們。天文物理學家兼衛星追蹤器喬納森·麥克道爾 (Jonathan McDowell) 表示，該網路目前由 5,100 多顆活躍衛星組成。

SpaceX extends its flight-cadence record with every liftoff these days. The company's previous annual mark, 61 launches, was set last year. But we should expect even more spaceflight action next year: SpaceX representatives have said they're shooting for 144 launches in 2024.

如今，SpaceX 的每次發射都刷新了其飛行節奏記錄。該公司先前的年度目標是去年發布了 61 次產品。但我們預計明年會有更多的航太行動：SpaceX 代表表示，他們計劃在 2024 年進行 144 次發射。