UPDATE: SpaceX scrubs Falcon 9 rocket launch Sunday night

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — SpaceX scrubbed its planned Falcon 9 rocket launch Sunday night.

9 p.m. update:

SpaceX scrubbed its planed Starlink launch Sunday night minuets after fueling its Falcon 9 rocket.

SpaceX is now targeting Monday night at 8:15 p.m. for its next Starlink launch attempt.

Watch the Sunday night launch attempt here:

Original report:

SpaceX is targeting 8:37 p.m. Sunday to launch its next batch of Starlink Satellites at Kennedy Space Center.

This will be a record-tying eighth flight for the Falcon 9 first stage rocket booster supporting this mission.

Once separation is complete, SpaceX will land the booster on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship.

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If successful, the landing will mark the 38th recovery on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, and will mark the 75th recovery on both water and land for SpaceX since the company landed its first booster in 2015.

The booster was unable to land on the droneship and fell into the Atlantic Ocean during SpaceX’s most recent launch on Feb. 15.

Sunday’s launch will be SpaceX’s sixth launch in 2021.

The goal of Starlink is to create a network that will help provide reliable and affordable internet services across the globe.

Starlink can deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable or completely unavailable.

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In December, the Wise County Public School District in rural Virginia announced it would provide some families in the area with Starlink to support remote learning. 40% of teachers and student in the district do not have internet access at home. In January, Starlink units were sent out, and now over 40 homes are connected to high-speed internet.

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Stay tuned to WFTV for live coverage of Sunday’s launch.

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