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Tariq Malik

Watch 2 SpaceX rockets launch new Starlink fleet and secret US spy satellite in space doubleheader today (Sept. 5)

A white and black SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with used booster stands atop the launch pad.

SpaceX will launch a new batch of its Starlink satellites into orbit on Thursday (Sept. 5) after a one-day delay due to weather and you'll be able to watch it live online. In fact, it's the first of two SpaceX launches today.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 21 Starlink internet satellites to space from the company's Space Launch Complex 40 pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff is now scheduled to launch at 11:33 a.m. EDT (1533 GMT). You can watch it live on SpaceX's X account (formerly Twitter), starting about five minutes before liftoff. A second Falcon 9 rocket will launch late tonight from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California to deliver a classified NROL-113 payload to orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office. That mission will lift off at 11:20 p.m. EDT (9:20 p.m. PT/0320 Sept. 6 GMT) and will also be streamed live on X.

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