SpaceX is scheduled to launch its second nighttime Falcon 9 rocket of the weekend from Florida's Space Coast. Welcome to FLORIDA TODAY Space Team live coverage of tonight’s SpaceX Starlink 6-73 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink 12-17 mission Saturday night (April 12) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center ( KSC ). The Falcon 9 lifted off from KSC's historic Launch Complex-39A at 8:53 p.m. EDT (0053 on April 13 GMT), carrying a stack of 21 Starlink satellites toward low Earth orbit ( LEO ).

SpaceX on Saturday launched Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office from California then 12 hours later 21 Starlink satellites from Florida.