A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 11:37 p.m. EDT (0337 GMT on July 30) rom Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. After a nine minute climb into space, the 28 Starlink broadband internet satellites ( group 10-29) were on track to be deployed into their intended orbit.

The easiest way to watch the SpaceX Crew-11 launch as it it happens is on the SpaceX or NASA accounts on X. The livestream tends to start several hours before the unch. You can check it out here. The Livestream from SpaceX will begin at least an hour before the launch on Thursday. We'll update this space as soon as the livestream begins.

The launch takes place on a milestone date, marking 20 years since the STS-114 space shuttle mission took off from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39B. The launch of Discovery on the STS-114 mission on July 26, 2005, marked the return to flight for the space shuttle after the Columbia tragedy investigation.