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Live SpaceX rocket launch: 20.37 BST tonight

From the Go Stargazing site:SEE A ROCKET LAUNCH AND LAND ON A BOAT!Yes, seriously! If you haven't seen this before don't miss it!A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to take off from Kennedy Space Centre Launch Complex 39A this evening at 20:37 (BST) and will return to Earth landing upright on a boat in the Atlantic ocean about 9 minutes after launch.And you can watch it live on the Internet! Coverage starts about 30 minutes before launch. Turn the volume up and get the kids to join in the countdown!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSge0I7pwFI

Delilah Hall ● 2387d9 Comments

Thanks DelilahWhen elon has got all his sats up along with amazons 3200 we will be all be paying £9.99 a month no contract for super fast satelite broadband off a disc the size of a bake bean tin i guess

Julian Pavey ● 2387d

Ha!Who knows!Further info regarding tonight...Go Stargazing ·SEE THE LATEST BATCH OF STARLINK SATELLITESTonight SpaceX will send another batch of their controversial Starlink satellites into orbit. Launching aboard a Falcon 9 rocket the satellites will be deployed over the North Atlantic and, if they take the path currently being projected (as shown in our graphic), will mean that they will be visible from the UK soon afterwards.Launch is now scheduled for 20:30 BST with the satellites becoming visible approximately 30 minutes later (get out earlier just to be sure!).Look for them towards the South where you should see them travelling from the West towards the East. Look for a bright star-like object moving across the sky, possibly with a number of others depending on how many satellites have been deployed.

Delilah Hall ● 2387d

Streaming live now (20.21)

Delilah Hall ● 2387d

They must have gone early. I came in at 2034 and it was already up there. Saw the landing of stage one, though.

Ken Munn ● 2387d

Absolutely compulsive viewing. Thanks for the heads-up, Delilah.

Robert Fish ● 2387d

They launched bang on 8.30 I think - amazing how the stage 1 landed back on the ship.

Delilah Hall ● 2387d

Starlinks pass 9.34  in 6 mins time West to east  but ive come to the conclusion they come over roughly 3 mins after the given time for London

Julian Pavey ● 2387d

I must have missed them, despite standing outside for nearly an hour! Lots of other satellites whizzing around though... will there ever be a Kessler syndrome I wonder?

Delilah Hall ● 2387d

"amazing how the stage 1 landed back on the ship"Greatest piece of parking in a long time!

Ken Munn ● 2387d