WATCH: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launches from Cape Canaveral, First-Stage Nails Landing on Drone Ship

coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV

ABOVE VIDEO: SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, December 28 at 4:34 a.m. ET (9:34 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 54 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday, December 28.

The rocket lifted off at 4:34 a.m. ET.

This mission will be the first into Shell 5 of the Starlink constellation, targeting a polar orbit after liftoff from Cape Canaveral.

The Falcon 9’s first stage booster landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

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

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