The flight will include 23 Starlink V2 Mini satellites, of which 13 have Direct to Cell capabilities. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is set for 10:19 a.m. EST (1519 UTC).
A Chinese Long March 3B rocket successfully carried a new Beidou navigation satellite into orbit Monday, continuing a brisk launch cadence at the country’s launch sites.
Watch a replay of Thursday morning’s Falcon 9 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this view recorded from the press site around 3 miles from pad 39A.