Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 23 second-generation Starlink internet satellites. Liftoff from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 10:45 p.m. EDT (0245 UTC) on Thursday, May 23. The first-stage booster, making its 13th flight, will land on the drone ship 'Just Read the Instructions' a little more than eight minutes into the flight.
The mission, designated Starlink 6-63, will be the 38th launch of Starlink satellites this year and the 54th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket in 2024
Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin about an hour before launch.
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[@CTHBPUB]

Wow miss it thank God for replay.

[@jeangurnee]

Thanks for the membership!

[@beverlygiroux2824]

Good morning…Bev in Maine, e xcited for this launch!

[@beverlygiroux2824]

This is the launch that went up earlier, is that correct? All successful?

[@MsClaytown]

One of my fave episodes 🙌💙🙌

[@zardoz7900]

Was this what flew over Vegas tonight around 21:15 PST ?

[@user-tp4lj9rt3e]

is this taking place now....friday morning or replay ?

[@Starpopper800]

Please shut up for that 1st minute so we can enjoy the engine roar!

[@Rgskgbgerboydcxbkgh]

And that is one of my reasons why I want to move to Florida

[@customsp645]

Did I miss it again?!

[@ginsburgerheide]

Job well done 👍👍👍

[@audreystrachman7950]

Beautiful

[@sheilabentley2743]

Wow !! So cool ! 😎

[@scottymoondogjakubin4766]

The launches are so mundane now its like oh wow another successful flight which is a good thing

[@nancyachin8305]

Don't say that! That's what was being said in the weeks before the fatal Challenger launch.

[@ellyana_190]

59:34 T - 10 seconds

[@jodymontez693]

So why is it going up today? Reason? Why does it go up at night time?😊🚀

[@DeadbeatGamer]

colder air I think

[@garycorkins105]

Lining up the right orbital plane.

[@jean-pierrescherer8250]

According to my flat earth neighbor, they have to..l it’s better to project fake laser pictures onto a dark firmament.. Cause they are nor really going up and they produce landing pics of a rocket which is connected to a cable system developed by Leonardo da Vinci , smart guy my neighbor! And I happen to be so lucky to hear all this first hand…

[@Wendygirljp]

With all of these Starlink satellites, is there going to be any room for anything else to orbit the Earth? This has to be many more than 200 satellites now!

[@TheyRiseBand]

Over 6,000.

[@Nero_1069]

i think elon was planning on 25,000 satellites

[@GTMcNabb]

There's plenty of room

[@MASTER3RDEYE]

When will they begin reentry?

[@Nero_1069]

@@MASTER3RDEYE IKR, i'm using an umbrella all the time now.

[@Nscalemike56]

And Boeing...still nothing...my how the mighty have fallen

[@Aqua4546]

YOOOO

[@Nero_1069]

Maybe the rocket likes to identify as a missile.😁

[@beverlygiroux2824]

Helloooooooo….anybody here?

[@biomechanique6874]

Sooo... These satellites are getting fatter or there's an additional undisclosed payload...

[@Goldetector]

Just stop oil. Should be electric ! Can't see why they couldn't cable tie a couple of wind turbines to it, or even solar panels. 4 x 200 watters + inverter would do the job

[@Ful-OGold]

Well there goes another million pounds or so of fuel to go make electric Jesus more money.

[@tracybone3730]

Come join the movement,boycott McDonald's

[@jameshampton9809]

i heard he wanted 500,000 of them up there.

[@TheyRiseBand]

They're authorized to launch 7,500 currently. He wants over 40,000 up there, eventually. At 10,000, they claim worldwide service availability.