BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Update: SpaceX Friday afternoon successfully launched another batch of Starlink satellites.

The deployment of 53 Starlink satellites confirmed shortly after the Falcon 9 rocket blasted off on schedule at 5:27 p.m.

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A Falcon 9 rocket carrying a batch of 53 Starlink satellites is now set to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday evening.

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This is the sixth launch of this particular first stage booster, the most recent in support of the Ax-1 mission on April 8.

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Following the launch, the Falcon 9′s first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship stationed off the Florida coast.

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The launch window opens at 5:27 p.m. You can watch the launch LIVE on Channel 9 or by clicking below.

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Photos: NASA, SpaceX launch Crew-4 mission to International Space Station A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, April 27, 2022. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on the Crew Dragon spacecraft begin a six-month expedition on the International Space Station. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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