Updates: SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 on Friday afternoon from Cape Canaveral - Florida Today

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Update: SpaceX launched this ngo astatine 5:48 p.m. ET connected Friday, Dec. 16. The rocket successfully launched from Cape Canaveral and landed connected a drone vessel successful the Atlantic Ocean. Read our afloat post-launch communicative here.

Follow on arsenic SpaceX targets 5:48 p.m. Friday day for the liftoff of a Falcon 9 from Florida.

Pad 40 astatine Cape Canaveral Space Force Station hosts the O3b mPower ngo for SES, a Luxembourg-based satellite operator. Known arsenic O3b mPower 1 and 2, the spacecraft are acceptable to liftoff during today's 87-minute motorboat window.

Weather forecasters with the Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron said successful a study connected Thursday that motorboat conditions are expected to beryllium 90% "go." Only a flimsy accidental of clouds should linger for Friday's motorboat attempt.

For the latest, visit floridatoday.com/launchschedule.

Updates from Friday's lawsuit below:

Liftoff!

5:48 p.m.: SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Pad 40 astatine Cape Canaveral Space Force Station successful Florida.

10 minutes until liftoff

5:38 p.m.: SpaceX continues counting down to liftoff astatine 5:48 p.m. and each appears to beryllium good with the count. This evening's motorboat volition see an eastbound trajectory and drone vessel landing successful the Atlantic Ocean, truthful determination volition beryllium nary section sonic booms this time.

Fueling underway

5:15 p.m.: SpaceX has begun fueling the 230-foot Falcon 9 rocket astatine Launch Complex 40 up of liftoff astatine 5:48 p.m. ET.

"Go" for fueling

5:08 p.m.: The SpaceX motorboat manager is "go" to statesman fueling the Falcon 9! Liftoff is slated for 5:48 p.m.

One hr until liftoff

4:48 p.m.: Again wrong 1 hr to liftoff. We're monitoring updates to spot if the SpaceX motorboat manager volition beryllium capable to behaviour a fueling canvass successful astir 20 minutes to proceed with fueling the Falcon 9 oregon not up of today's motorboat attempt. Today's caller liftoff clip is 5:48 p.m. and the adjacent of the disposable motorboat clip today. If SpaceX cannot statesman fueling connected time, the ngo volition apt scrub. Stay tuned.

New T-0 motorboat time

4:30 p.m.: The SpaceX motorboat manager has updated the liftoff clip to 5:48 p.m. for today's Falcon 9 mission. No crushed fixed by SpaceX.

One hr until liftoff

4:21 p.m.: Now wrong 1 hr to liftoff. In astir 20 minutes we expect the SpaceX motorboat manager to behaviour a canvass to find whether oregon not to proceed with fueling the Falcon 9 up of today's motorboat attempt.

It's somewhat cloudy and chill today. Space Force forecasters expect conditions to beryllium greater than 90% favorable for liftoff. Stay tuned.

New T-0 motorboat time

2:55 p.m.: SpaceX is present targeting liftoff of the Falcon 9 astatine 5:21 p.m. ET from Launch Complex 40. Stay tuned.

Welcome to unrecorded coverage

2:45 p.m.: Good day everyone. Thanks for joining america for today's unrecorded sum of SpaceX's O3b mPower ngo for SES. Today's ngo has an 87-minute motorboat window. So far, SpaceX teams astatine Cape Canaveral Space Force Station are counting down to a Falcon 9 liftoff from Launch Complex 40 astatine 4:21 p.m. ET. Stay tuned arsenic we show the countdown.