UPDATE (4:36 p.m.) - The launch lifted off at 4:34 p.m. as planned.
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UPDATE (4:30 p.m.) - SpaceX is planning to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on Friday, Feb. 9 at 4:34 p.m. To watch the launch, click here.
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UPDATE (7 p.m.) - SpaceX is now targeting Friday, February 9 at 4:34 p.m. for the launch.
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UPDATE (5:10 p.m.) - SpaceX scrubbed Thursday night's planned launch just before liftoff due to cloud cover over the area.
Earlier in the afternoon, SpaceX said the weather was only 20% favorable for launch.
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ORIGINAL STORY - SpaceX plans to make another attempt at a Falcon 9 rocket launch Thursday afternoon from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
WATCH:
Watch Falcon 9 launch 22 @Starlink satellites to orbit https://t.co/9QPTMJewSg
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 9, 2024
The launch was originally scheduled for Tuesday night but it was scrubbed shortly before liftoff due to unfavorable weather conditions.
Thursday's launch is currently scheduled for 5:09 p.m. The rocket will deliver 22 Starlink satellites into orbit. Starlink is SpaceX's high-speed broadband satellite internet service.
Following stage separation, SpaceX plans to land the rocket's first-stage booster on a droneship in the Pacific Ocean so it can be used in future launches. The booster being used in this launch has been used in 13 other missions.
A livestream of the launch is scheduled to begin about five minutes before liftoff on X.
If the launch is postponed, SpaceX says it has backup opportunities available starting at 4:34 p.m. on Friday.
