Watch live: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 21 satellites for Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled during a four-hour window that opens at 8:35 a.m. EDT (1235 UTC) on Thursday, Sept. 5. The first-stage booster, making its 15th flight, will land on SpaceX’s drone ship ’Just Read the Instructions’, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, about eight and a half minutes after leaving the launch pad. The mission, designated Starlink 8-11, will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from the space coast and includes 13 satellites capable of providing direct to cellphone services. 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: