Live updates from Tuesday afternoon’s SpaceX Starlink 12-18 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

After launch, the SpaceX Falcon 9 first-stage booster settled down for landing on the drone ship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean.

A late-night rocket launch in semi-cool and semi-breezy Florida? That's the (potential) plan! A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will carry Starlink internet-beaming satellites into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral,

Update: SpaceX is now targeting Saturday, Feb. 8 for the launch of Starlink 12-9. Another SpaceX Starlink launch was set for early Friday afternoon, but SpaceX has scrubbed early for unknown reasons.

With the payload being in the Group 12 Starlink satellites, the rocket will travel on a southeast trajectory. Those south of Cape Canaveral should get an afternoon show, as the Falcon 9 rocket rumbles by. The Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron has predicted a 95% chance of favorable conditions for this launch window.