BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — SpaceX crews are planning to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Friday night from Florida’s Space Coast.
The launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is planned for 11:19 p.m.
The launch is looking to send a SiriusXM satellite into orbit.
SpaceX said this will be the eighth flight for the first-stage rocket booster supporting this launch, which previously launched Crew-9, RRT-1, Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1, Fram2, and three Starlink missions.
Following the launch, SpaceX plans the launch the first-state booster again on its “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.
If the launch is delayed, a back-up launch window will open Saturday at 11:19 p.m.
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