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UPDATE: Tonight’s planned Falcon 9 rocket launch has been postponed. Here’s when to look up

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — UPDATE: We’ll have to wait a little longer for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch.

SpaceX tweeted Monday evening it is standing down on Monday’s launch of the Eutelsat 10B mission to allow for “additional pre-flight checkouts.”

Liftoff is now targeted for Tuesday at 9:57 p.m. Weather is 20% favorable.

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See our previous story below:

SpaceX has plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Force Station Monday night.

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The rocket will be carrying a Eutelsat 10B communications satellite, which will give in-flight broadband data and video connectivity to countries around the world.

The Falcon 9′s first-stage booster will be expended.

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The launch will be at 9:52 p.m.

Watch Channel 9 for live coverage of the launch

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