It's Launch Day! Here's what you need to know about tonight's SpaceX Starlink launch Rob Landers, Florida Today Replay Video UP NEXT UPDATE 7:47 PM: Launch is scrubbed. SpaceX now targeting Thursday 3:13 a.m. It's launch day! Here's what you need to know for launch: Liftoff is scheduled for 9:58 p.m. tonight. Weather at the launch pad is 90% "Go" for launch. Approximately eight minutes after liftoff, the Falcon 9 rocket's first-stage booster will target an automatic landing on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. This is the company's 21st Starlink mission. If successful, the company will have boosted more than 1,250 of the satellites to low-Earth orbit.