WATCH LIVE: SpaceX Set for Falcon 9 Rocket Launch Tonight from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

By  //  April 11, 2025

 Liftoff is targeted for 1:11 a.m. ET

WATCH LIVE: SpaceX is targeting Friday, April 11 for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – SpaceX is targeting Saturday, April 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Liftoff is targeted for 1:11 a.m. ET. If needed, additional launch opportunities are also available later the same day starting at 8:48 p.m. ET.

This is the 10th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-8, Polaris Dawn, CRS-31, Astranis: From One to Many, IM-2, and four Starlink missions.

Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV.