Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on North-East trajectory

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Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 satellites for Elon Musk's Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for Wednesday, March 4, during a launch window that opens at 5:52:20 a.m. EST (1052:20 UTC). The first-stage booster for this mission, 1080, launching for a 25th time time, will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, roughly 8.5 minutes after leaving the launch pad. The mission, designated Starlink 10-40, will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from Florida's Space Coast. Our live coverage with commentary from Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith will start about one hour prior to launch. Videos like this are made ...