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Insomniacs and night owls, take note: SpaceX is targeting a Thursday early morning four-hour window to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

This window extends from 1:27 a.m. to 5:27 a.m. The Falcon 9 will climb to the northeast from pad 39A and deploy a payload of 28 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit.

The Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron predicted 85% odds of “go for launch” weather, with cumulus clouds pushing in from the Gulf Stream posing the sole threat.

No Brevard County sonic booms should occur. Rather, the rocket's first-stage booster will target landing aboard a SpaceX drone ship out at sea about eight minutes after liftoff.

Check back for live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team launch coverage updates on this page, starting about 90 minutes before the launch window opens. When SpaceX's live webcast begins about five minutes before liftoff, we’ll post it below next to our countdown clock.

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Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Neale at Rneale@floridatoday.com. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1

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This article originally appeared on Florida Today: SpaceX rocket launch overnight: What to know before liftoff from Florida