Live coverage: SpaceX to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on St. Patrick’s Day morning

SpaceX kicked off the St. Patrick's Day holiday on Tuesday with a Falcon 9 rocket launch, flying from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The Starlink 10-46 mission added another 29 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites to the low Earth orbit megaconstellation.

Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 happened at 9:27 a.m. EDT (1327 UTC). The rocket flew on a north-easterly trajectory upon leaving the pad.