SpaceX rocket creates 'jellyfish' above Florida's Space Coast. See photos.

A predawn SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch created a photogenic "jellyfish" effect featuring illuminated plumes of exhaust gases in the sky on Thursday, May 21, above Florida's Space Coast.

The rocket lifted off at 6:04 a.m. -- 24 minutes before sunrise -- from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. After reaching low-Earth orbit, SpaceX's Starlink 10-31 mission deployed another 29 broadband satellites.

Looking ahead on the calendar, SpaceX has scheduled a Memorial Day morning launch from the Space Force installation. The four-hour launch window will last from 7:41 a.m. to 11:41 a.m. Monday, May 25, on another Starlink mission.

Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage should kick off about 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.

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Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY, where he has covered news since 2004. Contact Neale at [email protected]. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1