After a two-week lockdown, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket fleet will resume flights after midnight. Starlink missions launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Welcome to the FLORIDA TODAY space team’s live coverage of the Starlink 10-9 mission. After two delays, SpaceX is scheduled to lift off from Launch Pad 39A at 1:45 a.m. EDT on Saturday. The Falcon 9 will deploy 23 Starlink internet satellites packed inside a fairing on top of the 230-foot rocket. There will be an opportunity for a backup launch until 4:21 a.m. if needed.
No sonic boom is expected over central Florida. The rocket’s first stage booster will ascend along a northeasterly trajectory before landing on a SpaceX drone ship at sea about eight and a half minutes after liftoff.
