SpaceX set for late-night launch of Arabsat satellite.

SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Badr 8 communications satellite for Arabsat from Cape Canaveral. The satellite will replace the 15-year-old Badr 6 satellite in geostationary orbit and provide C-band and Ku-band communications services across the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and Central Asia. The launch will mark SpaceX’s 36th flight of the year and the 26th orbital launch attempt so far in 2023 from Florida’s Space Coast.