WATCH: SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Update:

SpaceX successfully launched another batch of Starlink satellites Thursday night.

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SpaceX plans to launch its Falcon 9 rocket Thursday night.

It will carry 23 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

Liftoff is scheduled for 10:45 p.m.

If the launch doesn’t happen, backup opportunities are available on Friday.

Read: Dream Chaser arrives at Kennedy Space Center

This is the 13th flight for the first stage booster, which launched Crew-5 and six Starlink missions.

After stage separation, the booster will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Channel 9 will have coverage of the launch here.

Dream Chaser arrives at Kennedy Space Center The uncrewed cargo spaceplane named “Tenacity” will launch on its inaugural flight later this year atop a ULA Vulcan Centaur rocket. (WFTV)

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