Update 3:23 p.m.: SpaceX is now targeting 4:28 p.m. for launch. SpaceX Starlink launch still on track Update 2:55 p.m.: SpaceX has confirmed they are still planning to launch the Starlink 6-69 mission in just over an hour from Space Launch Complex 40. SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral: Drone ship Update 2:48 p.m.: Unlike earlier, this upcoming launch will not give Brevard a sonic boom. The first stage booster will land out on the A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, south of Florida. The only sound that should be heard is the Falcon 9's rumble. SpaceX Starlink launch from Florida: first stage facts Update 2:35 p.m.: The booster for this second launch of the day will see its 12th flight. Previous missions include Euclid, Axiom-2, Axiom-3, Cygnus NG-21, SES 24, CRS-30, and five Starlink missions. SpaceX posts footage of Koreasat-6A deployment Update 2:25 p.m.: SpaceX has posted footage from the deployment of Koreasat-6A, which launched at 12:22 p.m.. Up next, SpaceX is still targeting 4:02 p.m. to launch its Starlink mission, which was scrubbed last night due to weather. SpaceX targeting about 1 launch every 2 days Update 2:08 p.m.: In a tweet commemorating SpaceX's 400th lifetime launch last week, Vice President of Launch Kiko Dontchev said his company will target roughly one launch every two days through the end of the year. That sum also includes SpaceX missions from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. "While we will not make our original goal of 144 launches, we are still targeting 30 more launches in 2024 (~one every two days). It will not be easy and our work is cut out for us, but the team is all in. The only way we will achieve this goal is if we focus on safety and reliability. Above all else, we must keep the team safe and deliver 100% mission success!" Dontchev said in his tweet. SpaceX nails 364th rocket booster landing Update 1:45 p.m.: When the Koreasat-6A Falcon 9 booster landed at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the touchdown marked SpaceX's 364th successful recovery of an orbital-class rocket, Somya Srivastava, structures engineer, said during the launch webcast. SpaceX launching 77th, 78th Florida rockets of 2024 Update 1:22 p.m.: Koreasat-6A was the unprecedented 77th orbital rocket launch during a single calendar year from Florida's Space Coast. This afternoon's upcoming Starlink mission will become No. 78. "This record-breaking pace reflects the growing demand for space-based data and services, driven by years of dedicated work to expand Florida’s aerospace ecosystem. As the global industry moves toward a trillion-dollar economy, Florida is well positioned to lead, and we’re excited to see this momentum continue to build," Space Florida President and CEO Rob Long said in a tweet SpaceX Falcon 9 booster lands at Cape Canaveral Update 12:30 p.m.: The Falcon 9 first-stage booster just touched down at Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, completing its 23rd mission. Liftoff! Sonic booms incoming soon Update 12:22 p.m.: SpaceX has just launched the Falcon 9 carrying the Koreasat-6A telecommunications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit from KSC. SpaceX booster to generate sonic booms Update 12:13 p.m.: This mission marks the Falcon 9 first-stage booster’s 23rd flight, SpaceX reported. The much-traveled booster previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3B mPOWER, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Marah Putih 2, Galileo L13 and 12 Starlink missions. SpaceX Koreasat-6 launch webcast begins Update 12:09 p.m.: SpaceX's launch webcast is now posted above, right below our countdown clock. Liftoff is scheduled in 13 minutes from KSC. SpaceX Koreasat-6A launch countdown