You can watch the launch of the 13th Falcon 9 rocket by the company live.
The two-stage Falcon 9 is scheduled to lift off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The first of three rockets from three different pads is scheduled to lift off on Saturday.
Coverage is expected to begin 10 minutes before the liftoff, and you can watch it here at Space.com.
The Starlink megaconstellation was photographed.
The 53 satellites will be put into low Earth orbit about 15 minutes after launch. After liftoff, the first stage of the Falcon 9 will land on the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast.
This will be the 13th launch and landing for the first stage of the Falcon 9. A number of satellites, including a Turkish communications satellite, were lofted by the booster in the past, according to the mission description.
It's a priority for the company and its billionaire founder and CEO. Musk has said many times that rapid and complete reuse is the key breakthrough that will allow humanity to settle Mars.
The constellation of internet satellites is called Starlink by the company. More than 2,600 Starlink craft have been launched to date, and the number will continue to increase into the future; the next-generation version of the network could eventually comprise of up to 30,000 satellites.
A radar satellite for the German military and a commercial communications satellite will be launched on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
It will be a busy year for the company. In the year 2022, the company has launched 23 missions and 14 of them are Starlink flights.
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