Updates: SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket and 60 Starlink communications satellites at 9:19 p.m. Monday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It was also the fourth successful landing of the rocket's first-stage booster.

SpaceX is now targeting no earlier than next week for the Space Coast's first launch of the year, the result of inclement weather expected to roll in over the next several days.

Teams are looking to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with 60 Starlink internet communications satellites from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station no earlier than 9:09 p.m. Monday night. Launch Complex 40 will host the attempt.

Conditions during the launch window, which will stay open until 9:29 p.m., are expected to be more than 90% "go" for liftoff. The only concern noted by the 45th Weather Squadron is the possible presence of cumulus clouds during the 20-minute opportunity.

The flight will mark SpaceX's third Starlink mission and bring the company's constellation size up to 180 satellites. The effort's goal is to beam internet connectivity down to users on the ground, who will only need a laptop-sized terminal to gain access.

SpaceX is also scheduled to host the Eastern Range's next launch on Jan. 11, known as the Crew Dragon capsule's in-flight abort test. The mission will take the uncrewed capsule to a specified altitude, then initiate a mock emergency, forcing the spacecraft to use its abort engines and push away from the rocket. The booster is expected to break apart over the Atlantic Ocean.

If successful, it will pave the way for SpaceX to launch astronauts to the International Space Station sometime in the first half of this year.

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