Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Watch live coverage as a Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying the GPS 3-8 navigation satellite. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 2:53 a.m. EDT (0653 UTC) on Tuesday, April 21. The first-stage booster, making its seventh flight, will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'Just Read the Instructions', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, about eight and a half minutes after launch.
The mission will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from Florida's Space Coast.
Our live coverage with commentary from Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith will start about one hour prior to launch.
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Watch live coverage as a Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying the GPS 3-8 navigation satellite. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 2:53 a.m. EDT (0653 UTC) on Tuesday, April 21. The first-stage booster, making its seventh flight, will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'Just Read the Instructions', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, about eight and a half minutes after launch.
The mission will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from Florida's Space Coast.
Our live coverage with commentary from Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith will start about one hour prior to launch.
Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:
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