Watch live: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with Thuraya 4-NGS satellite from Cape Canaveral

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Thuraya 4-NGS (Next Generation System) satellite for Space42's telecommunications service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled during a four-hour window that opens at 8:27 p.m. EDT, Friday, Jan. 3 (0127 UTC, Saturday, Jan. 4). The first-stage booster, making its 20th flight, will target a landing on the SpaceX droneship, 'A Shortfall of Gravitas,' a little more than eight and a half minutes after leaving the launch pad.

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

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[keithrutherford]

I saw this one from the air! Was flying a group of people into Jacksonville and we all saw it together. Great view from the cockpit!

It was surreal to see it disappear out of the night sky then the booster reignite.

[robertahrens]

That one was loud! Windows rattling in melbourne!

[brahemelrhanouti]

Nice weather and atmospheric pressure to launch

[theodorekittelson]

Yeah satellites in space. Praise Farms Wisconsin share dose appreciate that support. Have a great download.

[tinacastillo]

I'd like to see it too coming down Hartman Road in Fort Pierce Florida it was beautiful

[JohnJ-po]

That satellite deployed look like a mini space station with an umbrella.

[charliesmith]

I watch every time to see the booster landing. Can SpaceX provide a view from a drone or another ship….I think this would be very cool to see.

[michaelahess]

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[NormReitzel]

Just a nit: I realkly, Really like to see telemeTRY if it's available.

[peterminea]

After Polaris Dawn, this is another 1000+ Km mission! Would like to see more like this soon! Also, what a pity that it was done by night, because it would have been indeed so interesting to witness our planet shrink in the sky!

[stephenkidgell]

A stupid question probably, but what is causing the ice formation?

[aljonjamesmendoza]

Isn't this where Mark Rober's satellite is?

[Xfinitygrows]

Elon sends pure gold into space in minutes, he is better than gold. So much more optimal in the winter

[garybrandt]

LETS GO SPACEX AND THANK YOU ELON MUSK!!!

[Rob-BC]

I want to hear launch controls voice, not yours.

[sizzlechest]

What’s the carbon footprint of each rocket
Be cool to know before they ban gasoline cars