Great Weather For An Overnight Falcon Nine Rocket Launch

Kennedy Space Center, FL.(Florida News Network)- SpaceX will try again very early Thursday morning to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center, in the cargo hold, 60 Starlink satellite's waiting to be sent into orbit around the earth. The launch re-scheduled to Thursday at 3:24 am, after Tuesday's liftoff was scrubbed due to a range conflict and unfavorable launch and recovery weather.

If needed, there are backup opportunities available at 5:42 a.m. as well as 3:03 a.m. EST and 5:21 a.m. EST on Friday, March 5. The rocket for this particular mission has been used eight previous times. This is the private space flight company's 20th Starlink mission, there are now one thousand Starlink satellites circling the earth.

Click here to read more about the mission and to watch the launch live.

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