KANNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Anyone up late for Valentine’s Day night could catch a rocket going off.
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SpaceX crews are preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket early Saturday morning.
The launch is planned for 1:14 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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The launch will be in support for SpaceX’s Starlink satellites system.
SpaceX said this will be the 26th flight for the first-stage rocket booster supporting this launch.
The booster has previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3B mPOWER, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Marah Putih 2, Galileo L13, Koreasat-6A, and 14 Starlink missions.
After the launch, SpaceX will attempt to land the rocket booster on its “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.
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If the launch is delayed, a backup launch opportunity will open at 12:41 a.m. on Sunday.
Channel 9 will continue to monitor the planned rocket launch and will provide updates on Eyewitness News.
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