SpaceX rocket Saturday afternoon

Launch summary: Florida is the launch location for the SpaceX rocket Saturday afternoon



Important information On Saturday afternoon, SpaceX is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral.

Update: Starlink 12-9 is now scheduled to launch on Saturday, February 8.

Early Friday afternoon was supposed to see another SpaceX Starlink launch, but for unspecified reasons, SpaceX has canceled. According to SpaceX's website, the launch is now scheduled for Saturday at 1:23 p.m. Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral will be the launch location.

People south of the Cape might be in for a treat when the rocket does take off.

The rocket will take a southeast trajectory with the payload inside the Group 12 Starlink satellites. As the Falcon 9 rocket thunders past, people south of Cape Canaveral may be able to witness an afternoon spectacle.

There won't be any sonic booms like there were on Tuesday night. The rocket's first stage will aim to land on a SpaceX drone ship positioned in the Atlantic Ocean eight and a half minutes after liftoff.

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Live updates will be available at FloridaToday.com/Space starting 90 minutes before launch.