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A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Monday during a four-hour window that opens at 3:54 a.m. EST (0854 GMT). SpaceX will livestream the action via its X account, beginning about five minutes before launch.

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — SpaceX is preparing for another Starlink launch during the early morning hours on Monday. The Falcon 9 rocket will send up Starlink 12-3 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, stated SpaceX. The four-hour launch window is set to open at 3:54 a.m. ET.

SpaceX is preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Monday afternoon that will carry internet-beaming Starlink satellites into orbit.

About eight minutes later, the first stage returned to Earth and touched down in the Pacific Ocean on the SpaceX's drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You." The upper stage carried the satellites to low Earth orbit 61 minutes after liftoff.