The next SpaceX launch from Florida will occur between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, and it's not a Starlink. Here's what to know.
The company hopes to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center. The rocket will carry and send the SpainSat NG I, a Spanish telecommunications satellite, into orbit. If needed, SpaceX has arranged for a backup launch window for Thursday night.
A Falcon 9 rocket on the SpainSat NG I mission carrying a communications satellite developed by Spanish company Hisdesat and the European Space Agency is targeting liftoff during a two-hour window that opens at 8:34 p.m. from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A. A backup window runs during the same window on Thursday.
Late-night launch window! Weather permitting, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch should be visible in the Volusia County sky this Wednesday.
Who's up for a late-night launch? Weather permitting, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket should be visible on the Treasure Coast after liftoff on Wednesday.
Who's up for a late-night launch? Weather permitting, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket should be visible from the Treasure and Space Coasts after liftoff.
The Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites — including 13 with direct-to-cell communications capabilities — from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
SpaceX is set to launch a next-generation Spanish communications satellite tonight (Jan. 29) and you can watch it live online. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying SpainSat Next Generation 1 (SpainSat NG 1), a communications satellite for the European Space Agency (ESA) and Hisdesat communications,
SpaceX will launch the Hisdesat SpainSat NG I satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit on Wednesday from Florida.
Scroll down to read live updates from the Wednesday, Jan. 29 launch of SpainSat from Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 tonight — and in a rare move, SpaceX did not plan to recover the booster.