Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with another batch of secondgeneration satellites for Elon Musk's Starlink internet service. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled to launch at 6:40 p.m. EDT (2240 UTC) on Thursday, Apr. 18. The firststage booster making its 7th flight will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, about eight and a half minutes into the flight.

The mission, designated Starlink 652, will be the 27th launch of Starlink satellites this year and the 40th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket.

Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Will RobinsonSmith, starting approximately an hour prior to liftoff.

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