SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch of 56 Starlink Satellites

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ignition and lift off of Starlink 5-6. Go Starlink, go Falcon. Vehicle's pitching down range. At T plus 30 seconds, Falcon 9 has successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida at 3.31 a.m. Pacific Eastern time.

The next major milestone coming up is MaxQ, which is when the vehicle experiences the greatest amount of external stresses as it descends through the Earth's atmosphere during its flight today.

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