SpaceX launching 50 Starlink satellites, landing rocket today: Watch it live

SpaceX will launch 50 satellites and land the returning booster today (Feb. 25), and you can watch the action live.

A two-stage Falcon 9 rocket topped with 50 Starlink internet spacecraft is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California today at 12:12 p.m. EST (1712 GMT; 9:12 a.m. local California time). You can watch live here at Space.com courtesy of SpaceX, or directly via the company. Coverage will start about 15 minutes before liftoff.