Live coverage: SpaceX’s second upgraded “Block 5” booster test-fired in Florida

Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad with the Telstar 19 VANTAGE communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below.

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