Welcome to the FLORIDA TODAY live coverage of the Starlink 6-80 mission. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to lift off from Cape Canaveral this afternoon in what could be the first of a double-header.

Cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang and his Fram2 crew of private astronauts got a two-for-one deal this week when they watched a SpaceX rocket lift off just hours before their own launch into space.

Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight in March. Blue Origin is also set to send Katy Perry into space aboard its New Shepard as part of an all-woman mission on April 14th.

SpaceX is set to launch 28 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit on Monday, March 31. The Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The four-person crew, led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, will spend three to five days on a rare flight path around Earth’s poles.

A Bitcoin investor, who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers, blasted off Monday night.

A bitcoin investor who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers blasted off Monday night on the first rocket ride to carry people over the North and South poles. Chun Wang, a Chinese-born entrepreneur,

Cheers rang out in the control room as the powerful rocket roared upward, lighting up the night sky with a long, orange plume of flame as the craft began its journey toward Earth's North and South Poles.

Space Team live mission updates, visit floridatoday.com/space starting about 90 minutes before Monday's target liftoff time.