SpaceX Planning Friday Evening Launch

SpaceX has now announced plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with more Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral tonight, with a targeted launch time of 6:30. The rocket will take off from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. In case it isn’t ready at 6:30pm today, 7 backup launch opportunities will be available from 6:56 – 10:22 tonight, and eight more backup opportunities will be available on Saturday from 6pm to 9:55pm. The flight will mark the 18th launch for the first stage booster, which will land again on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.