Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket returns to flight with the launch of 23 Starlink satellites

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 23 satellites for Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service. This will be the first Falcon 9 mission since the fleet was grounded following an upper stage failure on July 11 which resulted in the loss of 20 Starlink satellites. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 12:59 a.m. EDT (0459 UTC) on Saturday, July 27. The first-stage booster making its 17th flight will land on SpaceX’s drone ship ’Just Read the Instructions’, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, about eight and a half minutes after leaving the launch pad. The mission, designated Starlink 10-9, will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from Cape Canaveral. Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now’s Will Robinson-Smith, starting approximately an hour prior to liftoff. Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.