SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Live Stream: Where To Watch Rocket Take Off With Iridium Satellites

After delaying the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket this week, SpaceX is finally ready for lift off Saturday.

Falcon 9 will head into space from a launchpad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 9:54 a.m. PST, or 12:54 p.m. EST, Saturday. The new Falcon 9 will carry 10 Iridium satellites into the planet’s orbit, according to America Space, and you can watch SpaceX live stream the event on its webcast page here.

The pending launch of the Falcon 9 was a highly anticipated event, as followed a September attempt to launch a Falcon 9 craft carrying a satellite that resulted in the explosion of the craft. The mishap occurred because "one of the three composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPVs) inside the second stage liquid oxygen (LOX) tank failed," according to a report from SpaceX.

SpaceX was taking careful measures to ensure the Falcon 9 would launch safely and without a hitch this time around. The original launch date was slated for Monday from Vandenberg Air Force base, located along the California coastline. But the company announced Sunday that the launch would be held until the following weekend due to weather — specifically, “high winds and rain.”

Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications Inc., confirmed this Saturday's rescheduled launch on Twitter after joking about the poor weather. "Anti-rain dances didn’t work – oh well," he tweeted. "Cal needs rain?"

The first Falcon 9 rocket launch in September carried Facebook’s first satellite, the Amos-6, which would have been used for the social media giant’s Internet.org plan. The satellite, provided by Eutelsat, and the social media company spent $95 million on the project, according to Tech Crunch.

Use of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy services are available through a standard payment plan (for an anticipated 2018 launch), of $62 million and $90 million, respectively, according to the SpaceX website.