SpaceX crews are preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Friday night from Florida’s Space Coast. The launch is set for 8:04 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. SpaceX officials said the launch will be in support of the RRT-1 mission.

SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 rocket with 22 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base. This was the ninth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission,

SpaceX plans to launch the RRT-1 mission —perhaps an advanced GPS satellite — from Florida's Space Coast tonight (Dec. 13).

SpaceX has two Space Coast launches booked for the weekend, but will have to wait at least one day after scrubbing the first launch attempt on Friday night. A Falcon 9 rocket on the RRT-1 mission carrying an undisclosed payload is now targeting liftoff at 7:59 p.