SpaceX has confirmed beyond this launch, a Starlink launch is also set for Monday, Feb. 17. Launch will be at 6 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40, however it will mark the first time a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster lands off on a drone ship off the coast of the Bahamas.

A Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 12-9 mission carrying 21 Starlink satellites is aiming for liftoff at 1:52 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 during a launch window that runs through 5:37 p.m. Backup windows are available on Saturday beginning at 1:23 p.m.

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