F9/Starlink 6-87: Booster B1092, completing its 8th flight, successfully landed on an off-shore droneship 8.5 minutes after liftoff; this was SpaceX's 436th landing at sea and its 533rd overall; Starlink deploy expected at 11:13pm EDT (0413 UTC), after a 2nd firing of the F9's

F9/Starlink 6-87: The 1st launch was SpaceX's 145th F9 flight so far this year, the 6th so far this month and the 563rd overall

F9/Starlink 6-87: In the 1st of 2 overnight Florida launches, SpaceX put up another 29 Starlinks from KSC pad 39A at 10:08pm EST (0308 UTC); another Falcon 9 is set for launch at 1:21am EST from pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral SFS

Atlas/ViaSat-3: 2nd stage engine restart... and shutdown No. 2 confirmed; the vehicle will now coast for 3 hours before the 3rd and final planned RL10 burn at 1:31am EST (0631` UTC); ViaSat-3 deploy expected at 1:36am EST

Atlas/ViaSat-3: 2nd stage engine shutdown No. 1 confirmed; the vehicle will now coast for 10 minutes before the 2nd of 3 planned RL10 burns

Atlas/ViaSat-3: 1st stage RD-180 engine shutdown, stage separation confirmed; ULA verifies Centaur 2nd stage RL10 engine ignition and full thrust; this is the 1st of 3 planned firings of the RL10 to reach the ViaSat-3 relay station's deploy orbit

Atlas/ViaSat-3: Separation of all 5 strap-on solid-fuel boosters confirmed

Atlas/ViaSat-3: LIFTOFF! At 10:04pm EST (0304 UTC)

Atlas/ViaSat-3: The countdown has resumed at the L-minus 4-minute mark after a final planned 30-minute hold

Atlas/ViaSat-3: Management poll complete; all systems are 'go' for launch

Atlas/ViaSat-3: The countdown has entered a planned 30-minute hold at the L-minus 34-minute mark

Atlas/ViaSat-3: United Launch Alliance plans to follow Blue Origin's successful New Glenn flight with launch of an Atlas 5 rocket carrying the ViaSat-3 communications satellite; liftoff from LC-41 at the Cape Canaveral SFS is targeted for 10:04pm EST (0304 UTC)

NG-2: The probes are now headed toward Langrange Point No. 2, roughly a million miles from Earth, where they will loiter until next year when they'll return to Earth for a gravity assist flyby; from there, they'll finally head on to Mars, arriving in September 2027

NG-2: The Gold spacecraft has been deployed

NG-2: The Blue spacecraft has been deployed

NG-2: Upper stage engine ignition No.2 ... and shutdown confirmed; ESCAPADE deployments begin in 6 minutes

NG-2: The 2 hydrogen-fueled BE-3U engines powering the New Glenn upper stage have shut down as planned; the vehicle will now coast for 12 minutes before a 2nd and final burn to reach the planned ESCAPADE deploy trajectory

NG-2: Booster landing on the automated landing barge Jacklyn confirmed; the 1st landing attempt during the New Glenn's maiden flight last January wasn't successful, but the system appeared to work normally today in a major milestone for Blue Origin

NG-2: Gorgeous tracking video on the 1st stage; entry burn complete; standing by for landing burn

NG-2: About 4 minutes to the planned landing of the 1st stage booster on Blue's landing ship; good trajectory on both stages