SpaceX will launch its record-setting 139th mission of the year today (Oct. 23), and you can watch the action live.
A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today, during a four-hour window that opens at 9:30 p.m. EDT (0130 GMT on Oct. 24).
SpaceX will stream the launch live via its website and X account beginning about 15 minutes before liftoff.
Today's launch will loft the second and final satellite for the Spainsat Next Generation (NG) constellation, which will provide "military-grade secure communications to the Spanish Armed Forces and its partners," according to SatNews.
SpaceX also launched the first Spainsat NG satellite, which lifted off atop a Falcon 9 this past January.
If all goes to plan today, the Falcon 9's upper stage