SpaceX's Starship megarocket has come together ahead of its sixth-ever test flight next week. SpaceX has stacked Starship 's two elements — the Super Heavy booster and Ship upper-stage spacecraft — on the orbital launch mount at its Starbase site in South Texas.

"Bottom line, somebody in the Trump administration is going to say 'we want NASA and the private sector to collectively, as sort of a national space enterprise, we want them to go further, we want them to go faster, we want them to go more frequently, and we want them to go less expensively," Muncy said.

SpaceX is on a trajectory to remain the most dominant player in space launches for years to come as it makes strides with its heavy-duty Starship rocket program.

While neither company has released details, an advisory by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shows that the Optus-X satellite is set to liftoff atop a Falcon 9 during a window open from from 4:29-6:57 p.m. EST. The launch will be from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40, and travel on a due-east trajectory.

Can I see a rocket launch liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, from Vero Beach? Depending on weather or cloud cover, yes, particularly night launches