A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch 21 Starlink satellites from Florida today (Jan. 10). It will be the 25th mission for the rocket's first stage, a new record.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket pulls away from Earth on Friday after lifting off at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (Courtesy of SpaceX) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX sent another batch of Starlink satellites toward low-Earth orbit on Friday, lifting off at 2:11 p.m. ET.

This was the 20th flight and recovery for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, and SpaceX's 341st recovery of an orbital-class rocket.

SpaceX crews are preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on Wednesday. The launch is scheduled for 10:27 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A at Kenney Space Center. The rocket is set to send another batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.

SpaceX is targeting Friday, Jan. 3 for its first Falcon 9 mission of 2025 as it launches the Thuraya 4 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

The West Coast’s first launch of 2025 on Thursday also marked the seventh for the growing constellation of spacecraft to serve the nation's spy satellite

SpaceX plans to launch the seventh batch of "proliferated architecture" spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office tonight (Jan. 10).

SpaceX completed its first launch from Kennedy Space Center for the year on Wednesday morning. A Falcon 9 carrying 21 Starlink satellites lifted off at 10:27 a.m. Eastern time from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A.

Following stage separation, the booster landed on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean roughly 8 minutes after liftoff.