SpaceX is preparing to launch its 25th rocket of the year on Sunday as its workhorse Falcon 9 carries a satellite into space for Sirius XM and you can watch the action live online.

A two-stage Falcon 9 rocket flight is scheduled to take off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station here in Florida.

Perched atop the 230-foot-tall (70m) launcher is the high-powered satellite Sirius XM-7 (SXM-7) built by Maxar technologies. It's one of two satellites that will be launched by SpaceX as part of an effort to replace outdated Sirius XM satellites currently on orbit.

You can watch the launch action live here and on the Space.com homepage, courtesy of SpaceX, or you can watch directly from SpaceX here about 15 minutes before liftoff.

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