A day after lightning forced SpaceX to scrub a launch attempt Tuesday night, teams are preparing for another countdown Wednesday at Cape Canaveral for liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket at 9:48 p.m. EDT (0148 GMT Thursday) to continue SpaceX’s push to launch more than 60 missions this year. The mission will deploy 54 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit.

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