SpaceX is preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Monday afternoon that will carry internet-beaming Starlink satellites into orbit.

The company hopes to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center. The rocket will carry and send the SpainSat NG I, a Spanish telecommunications satellite, into orbit. If needed, SpaceX has arranged for a backup launch window for Thursday night.

Depending on weather and cloud cover, rocket launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral, Florida, can be seen from Daytona Beach to Melbourne to Vero Beach.

Check back for live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team launch updates on this page, starting about 90 minutes before today’s launch window opens.

SpaceX is targeting a 4½-hour launch window for another Starlink mission from 2:21 p.m. to 6:52 p.m., an FAA operations plan advisory shows.

Veteran NASA astronauts Bernard Harris and Peggy Whitson will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, at Kennedy Space Center.

Day of Remembrance service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Space Mirror Memorial at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

Who's up for a late-night launch? Weather permitting, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket should be visible from the Treasure and Space Coasts after liftoff.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has left the building, and while President Donald Trump’s nominee awaits a confirmation hearing, the head of Kennedy Space Center will keep things afloat. Nelson, who flew to space on board Space Shuttle Columbia while a member of the House of Representatives,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr's confirmation hearings began Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee. He appears before the Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee on Thursday.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s confirmation hearings are set to begin Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee and the Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee on Thursday. The room is filling up ahead of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Senate confirmation hearing