To give "extra time for vehicle checkouts," SpaceX is now aiming for a Saturday, October 8, launch at 7:05 p.m. EDT (2305 GMT) for its Intelsat G-23/G-24 mission.
After an automatic abort on October 6, SpaceX is again aiming for a Friday launch at 7:06 p.m. EDT (2306 GMT) to lift off its Intelsat G-23/G-24 mission. It is accessible above.
You can watch the action live as SpaceX prepares to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on its record-tying 14th flight on Friday, October 6.
During a 69-minute window that begins at 7:06 p.m. EDT on Thursday, the Falcon 9, topped with Intelsat's Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 satellites,
is slated to launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (2306 GMT). Watch it live at Space.com thanks to SpaceX, or go to the company's website directly.
Approximately 8.5 minutes after launch, if all goes as planned, the Falcon 9's first stage will return to Earth and touch down on SpaceX's A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship.