SpaceX Pushes Falcon 9 Rocket Launch to Tonight at 8:53 p.m. ET from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
By Space Coast Daily // April 12, 2025
Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV
WATCH LIVE: 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.
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 8:53 p.m. ET, with backup opportunities available until 12:42 a.m. ET on Sunday, April 13. If needed, additional launch opportunities are also available on Sunday, April 13 starting at 8:20 p.m. ET
A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.
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.
