Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 23 Starlink satellites from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 23 satellites for Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 1:01 a.m. EDT (0501 UTC) on Friday, August 2. The first-stage booster making its 12th flight will land on SpaceX’s drone ship ’A Shortfall of Gravitas’’, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, about eight and a half minutes after leaving the launch pad. The mission, designated Starlink 10-6, will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from Cape Canaveral. Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now’s Will Robinson-Smith, starting approximately an hour prior to liftoff. Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks: