A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Monday during a four-hour window that opens at 3:54 a.m. EST (0854 GMT). SpaceX will livestream the action via its X account, beginning about five minutes before launch.

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CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — SpaceX is preparing for another Starlink launch during the early morning hours on Monday. The Falcon 9 rocket will send up Starlink 12-3 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, stated SpaceX. The four-hour launch window is set to open at 3:54 a.m. ET.

SpaceX will attempt an early-morning Falcon 9 launch from Florida’s Space Coast, carrying another batch of Starlink satellites.

SpaceX has also retired Starlink satellites because of malfunctions in the hardware. In February 2024, the company decided to deorbit 100 Starlink satellites, citing a potential f

About eight minutes later, the first stage returned to Earth and touched down in the Pacific Ocean on the SpaceX's drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You." The upper stage carried the satellites to low Earth orbit 61 minutes after liftoff.