Scrub! SpaceX halts Falcon 9 countdown minutes before liftoff, sets new Thursday morning target

Scrub recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Wednesday, Sept. 4, late-countdown scrub of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral on the Starlink 8-11 mission.

Original coverage: Get ready for a lunchtime SpaceX Falcon 9 launch — which was initially scheduled for the tail end of morning rush hour.

Welcome to FLORIDA TODAY Space Team live coverage of today's SpaceX Starlink 8-11 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. After changing the time twice, SpaceX is now targeting 12:07 p.m. EDT to launch the rocket from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The Falcon 9 will deploy a batch of 21 Starlink internet satellites, which are packed inside the fairing atop the 230-foot rocket, into low-Earth orbit.

No Central Florida sonic booms are expected. After soaring skyward along a northeasterly trajectory, the rocket's first-stage booster will target landing aboard a SpaceX drone ship out at sea roughly eight minutes after liftoff.

SpaceX eyes 8:35 a.m. Thursday liftoff target

Update 12:17 p.m.: After today's scrub, SpaceX has announced a new liftoff time of 8:35 a.m. Thursday.

Quelle: Florida Today

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Update: 18:30 MESZ

STARLINK MISSION

SpaceX is targeting Thursday, September 5 for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 11:33 a.m. ET, with additional opportunities available until 12:31 p.m. ET.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX.

This is the 15th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, NG-20, and eight Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read The Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.