Watch live as SpaceX aims to launch 54 Starlink Internet satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, December 17 at 4:32pm EST.
After launching from Pad 39A, the rocket’s 162-foot first stage will target a Just Read the Instructions drone vessel landing in the Atlantic Ocean. If successful, it will be a record-breaking 15 flights, the most ever by a Falcon 9 booster.
Follow the updates below (for live updates, follow this link):
Less than an hour to launch
SpaceX is scheduled to launch in the afternoon
3pm EST: Greetings from Kennedy Space Center, where SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket with 54 Starlink satellites in just over 90 minutes. Conditions were forecast to go 60% yesterday, but so far the weather looks favorable for the 4:32 PM EST launch. Stay tuned.
