SpaceX launch recap: Live updates from Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Launch recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Friday, June 13, liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the Starlink 12-26 mission.

Original story: Get ready for another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch this morning — but watch for cumulus clouds to build as the clock approaches noon along Florida's Space Coast.

Welcome to FLORIDA TODAY Space Team live coverage of SpaceX's Starlink 12-26 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

SpaceX is now targeting 11:29 a.m. to send up the Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40.

The Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron predicted odds of "go for launch" conditions will deteriorate throughout the morning to 60% by shortly after noon. Cumulus clouds pose the primary threat, with the atmosphere supporting "onshore-moving showers during the night and morning hours along the coast," the squadron's forecast said

The Falcon 9 will deploy a payload of 23 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. No Brevard County sonic booms should occur. After soaring skyward along a southeasterly trajectory, the rocket's first-stage booster will target landing aboard a SpaceX drone ship out at sea about eight minutes after liftoff.

SpaceX Falcon 9 booster lands on drone ship

Update 11:37 a.m.: The Falcon 9 first-stage booster just landed aboard SpaceX's drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean, completing its 21st mission.

Liftoff!

Update 11:29 a.m.: Liftoff! SpaceX has just launched the Falcon 9 carrying 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

SpaceX launch webcast begins

Update 11:24 a.m.: SpaceX's launch webcast is now posted above, right below our countdown clock.

Liftoff is scheduled in five minutes from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch coming up

Update 11:16 a.m.: Thirteen minutes before SpaceX's Falcon 9 lifts off, the countdown appears to be proceeding as planned. Rocket fueling remains well underway at Launch Complex 40.

Following is a list of key remaining countdown milestones. T-minus:

• 7 minutes: Falcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch.
• 1 minute: Command flight computer begins final prelaunch checks; propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins.
• 45 seconds: SpaceX launch director verifies “go for launch.”
• 3 seconds: Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to start.
• 0 seconds: Falcon 9 liftoff.

SpaceX booster to land on drone ship

Update 11:09 a.m.: Today's mission marks this Falcon 9 first-stage booster’s 21st flight, SpaceX reported.

The much-traveled booster previously launched Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER-B, USSF-124, Bluebird 1-5 and 16 Starlink missions.

Following stage separation, crews expect the booster to land on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean 8 minutes, 12 seconds after liftoff.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster approaches Port Canaveral just after sunrise in August 2021 on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas.

SpaceX Falcon 9 fueling is now underway

Update 10:58 a.m.: Falcon 9 fueling procedures are now underway at Launch Complex 40, as evidenced by frost forming on the first-stage booster's exterior.

That means this morning's Starlink mission countdown is locked in to lift off at 11:29 a.m. without any delays, or else the launch must be postponed to a later date.

SpaceX moves back launch time to 11:29 a.m.

Update 10:44 a.m.: SpaceX has bumped back the target liftoff time eight minutes, to 11:29 a.m.

Another SpaceX Starlink launch coming next week

Update 10:40 a.m.: Per a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency navigational advisory, SpaceX will target an early morning Starlink mission on Wednesday, June 18. The company has yet to publicly announce this liftoff. More details:

• Launch window: 1:38 a.m. to 6:08 a.m.
• Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
• Sonic booms: No.
• Trajectory: TBA.
• Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.

SpaceX's Ax-4 launch remains on indefinite delay

Update 10:30 a.m.: A SpaceX Falcon 9 was initially scheduled to launch Axiom Space's fourth crew of private astronauts three days ago from NASA's Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station.

However, a liquid oxygen leak and a leak on the Russian side of the ISS thwarted this week's attempts. No new launch date has been scheduled.

The official crew portrait of Axiom Mission 4, the fourth private astronaut mission from Axiom Space to the International Space Station. From left are, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla from India, Commander Peggy Whitson from the U.S., and Mission Specialists Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski from Poland and Tibor Kapu from Hungary.

SpaceX launch prep underway in Brevard

Update 10:15 a.m.: Brevard County Emergency Management officials have activated the agency's launch operations support team ahead of SpaceX’s upcoming Falcon 9 morning launch.

Starlink launch to be 50th of year from Space Coast

Update 10:05 a.m.: SpaceX's upcoming Falcon 9 launch will clock in as the 50th orbital rocket launch thus far during 2025 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Click here for the FLORIDA TODAY Space Team's updating tally listing all of this year’s missions, complete with photo galleries and story links.

SpaceX expanding Cape Canaveral rocket footprint

Update 9:53 a.m.: Space Coast space fans are still buzzing about yesterday's demolition operation that knocked down United Launch Alliance's towers and infrastructure at Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

SpaceX officials plan to build new launch pads, landing pads and surrounding infrastructure to start launching Starship-Super Heavy rocket systems from LC-37 as soon as next year, pending regulatory approvals.

Today's Starlink mission will lift off from Launch Complex 40, a bit more than two miles north of LC-37.

United Launch Alliance's mobile service tower and lightning towers topple to the ground June 11 at historic Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Space Force: Watch for cumulus clouds

Update 9:43 a.m.: More details from the 45th Weather Squadron forecast:

"The Atlantic ridge will remain to the north of Central Florida through late week, with a continuation of low-level onshore flow," the forecast said.

"Some decrease in column moisture through the atmosphere is noted into the weekend as another round of Saharan dust influences the local atmosphere; however, this regime will still support onshore-moving showers during the night and morning hours along the coast, with early daily seabreeze formation focusing more widespread shower and thunderstorm activity inland during the afternoon and evening hours," the forecast said.

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