It’s a second straight SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch day from Florida’s Space Coast.
SpaceX is targeting 5:50 p.m. EDT to launch a Falcon 9 on the Starlink 6-54 mission from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Backup launch opportunities are available until 9:50 p.m., if needed. The Falcon 9 will deploy a batch of 23 Starlink internet satellites, which are packed inside the fairing atop the 230-foot rocket.
No Central Florida sonic booms are expected during this mission. After soaring skyward along a southeasterly trajectory, the rocket’s first-stage booster will target landing aboard a SpaceX drone ship out at sea 8½ minutes after liftoff.
Check back for live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team launch coverage updates on this page, starting about 90 minutes before the launch window opens. When SpaceX’s live webcast hosted on X (formerly Twitter) becomes available about five minutes before liftoff, it will be posted below the countdown clock.
For the latest news and launch schedule from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, visit floridatoday.com/space.
Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY (for more of his stories, click here.) Contact Neale at Rneale@floridatoday.com. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1
This article originally appeared on Florida Today: SpaceX rocket launch today: What to know before liftoff from the Cape
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