SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites
Monday's SpaceX twin Falcon 9 missions are slated to become the 11th and 12th orbital rocket launches thus far this year from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The Falcon 9 rocket carrying SpainSat Next Generation 1 (SpainSat NG-1), a communications satellite for the European Space Agency (ESA) and Hisdesat communications, lifted off from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in Florida at 8:34 p.m. EST (0134 GMT on Jan. 30).
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket second stage captured this amazing view of Earth after launching the SES-18 and SES-19 satellites. Credit: SpaceX | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: Unveiled by Mich
SpaceX will launch the Hisdesat SpainSat NG I satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit on Wednesday from Florida.
After a week of nasty weather across Florida, the business of launching rockets got back on track Monday afternoon.
SpaceX is targeting Monday, January 27 for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX is targeting a 4½-hour launch window for another Starlink mission from 2:21 p.m. to 6:52 p.m., an FAA operations plan advisory shows.
The company is launching a military communications satellite.
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket on Monday, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying 21 Starlink
SpaceX launched the Hisdesat SpainSat Next Generation I via a Falcon 9 rocket out of Kennedy Space Center Wednesday night.
Since the start of 2025, Elon Musk's rocket manufacturing company SpaceX has been busy completing multiple launches, starting on Jan. 3.