File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands in the launch position at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the planned liftoff of the Starlink 6-61 mission on Oct. 22, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

Live coverage: SpaceX resets Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral for Saturday

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SpaceX rescheduled the launch of a Falcon 9 carrying a batch of 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral to Saturday.

It appeared preparations for a Friday launch were not running on schedule. At the time the launch was pushed back to Saturday there was no sign of the rocket at Space Launch Complex 40.

Liftoff is now scheduled for a window that opens at 6 a.m. EDT (1000 UTC). The rocket will on a north-easterly trajectory upon leaving the pad.

Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about an hour prior to liftoff.

The 45th Weather Squadron forecast a 75 percent chance for favorable conditions during the Saturday morning launch window.

SpaceX will launch the mission using the Falcon 9 first stage booster with the tail number 1095. This will be its sixth launch after previously flying five other batches of Starlink satellites.

Nearly 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1095 will target a landing on the drone ship, ‘Just Read the Instructions,’ positioned in the Atlantic Ocean. If successful, this will be the 153rd landing on this vessel and the 584th booster landing to date for SpaceX.

SpaceX is still planning a Friday launch for the Starlink 17-31 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. That mission is scheduled to launch at 7:33 a.m. PDT (10:33 a.m. EDT / 1433 UTC).