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 a.m. EDT (0053, April 13 GMT), carrying a stack of 21 Starlink satellites toward low Earth orbit ( LEO ).

SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket with Starlink Satellites from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Saturday

After two days of scrubs, a bright Falcon 9 rocket lit up the skies over the Space Coast Saturday night. Liftoff occurred at 8:53 p.m. from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A. Atop the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket were 21 Starlink internet satellites;