How to watch secretive SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from KSC and landing

Update: SpaceX's Zuma launch has been delayed. Read more here.

The Space Coast is set to feel the powerful reverberation of a sonic boom after SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Friday.

The secretive payload described only as a "government mission" for aerospace giant Northrop Grumman is set to blast off from pad 39A during a two-hour window that opens at 8 p.m. The mission, which features a brand new Falcon 9 first stage, has been codenamed "Zuma."

SpaceX will then target a booster landing at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Landing Zone 1 about 8 minutes after liftoff, which will generate a window-rattling sonic boom toward the end of its propulsive descent toward Earth.

Other than the mission targeting a low Earth orbit insertion, neither SpaceX nor Northrop Grumman have provided additional details.

Weather is 90 percent "go," according to the Air Force's 45th Weather Squadron.

There are two parts to our coverage:

• Live video of the rocket launch, available here or at our Facebook page;
• A live chat with space reporters James Dean and Emre Kelly.

Coverage kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Friday on FloridaToday.com/Space and will feature in-depth coverage, photos, charts and more. You can ask the team questions and strike up a conversation. We'll host SpaceX's live video.

In Central Florida?

If you're under clear skies, you can look to the state's east coast to spot the Falcon 9 launch from Kennedy Space Center.

If you do step outside for the launch, bring your smartphone and stay tuned to live updates. The coverage is available at FloridaToday.com/Space in your mobile browser.

Contact Emre Kelly at aekelly@floridatoday.com or 321-242-3715. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook at @EmreKelly.