Live coverage: SpaceX counting down to first launch of 2021[
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For its first launch of the year, SpaceX plans to launch the Airbus-built Turksat 5A communications satellite to cover Turkey, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa with data relay and television broadcast services. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during a four-hour window opening at 8:28 p.m. EST Thursday (0128 GMT Friday).
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with the Turksat 5A communications satellite for Turksat. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
SpaceX’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior to launch, and will be available on this page.
