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SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 booster is set to fly for a record 34th time on a Starlink satellite deployment from Cape Canaveral, carrying 29 satellites; with a 70% chance of favorable weather, liftoff is scheduled for 5:15 p.m. EDT, and the first stage is expected to land on a drone ship about 8.5 minutes later.
SpaceX aims to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday morning, between 7:37 and 7:56 a.m. PT, with a backup window on Saturday; the mission will deploy 25 Starlink satellites and the first-stage booster will land on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific. Live webcast starts about five minutes before liftoff at spacex.com/launches and on X. If weather or technical issues arise, delays would push to later windows, and spectators in the Lompoc Valley and near Vandenberg Village may get a sunrise view.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral no earlier than 8:10 a.m. Friday, March 13, carrying the Starlink 10-48 satellite batch into a northeast trajectory; the launch window runs until 10 a.m. while observers had hoped for a pre-dawn “jellyfish” glow, the post-sunrise timing may limit visibility, with Florida Today providing live updates.
A dawn jellyfish-shaped exhaust plume appeared across Florida after SpaceX launched the Starlink 10-40 mission from Cape Canaveral, with viewers sharing photos of the glowing cloud caused by the rocket's exhaust.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:52 a.m. EST on March 4, 2026, deploying 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit, as the sunlit exhaust created a jellyfish-shaped contrail over Florida.
Firefly Aerospace is bringing its Alpha rocket back to flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base with the Stairway to Seven test mission, a two-stage launch to validate first- and second-stage performance ahead of its Block II upgrade; no operational payload will be flown. The lift-off window opens about 7:50 p.m. ET today (4:50 p.m. local), with NASASpaceflight and Space.com streaming the event; this flight follows Alpha's 2024 mishaps—a booster split and an upper-stage propellant loss—after which the FAA cleared Alpha to resume flights.
Firefly Aerospace's Alpha Flight 7 has been postponed to Sunday with a 4:50 p.m.–6:50 p.m. local window from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg due to upper-level winds, while SpaceX's Falcon 9 remains on track for a Sunday-morning liftoff from SLC-4 (midnight–4 a.m. window, around 1:55 a.m.), carrying 25 Starlink satellites and targeting a landing on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship; the weekend also includes a Minuteman III missile test as operations continue.
SpaceX is targeting a Falcon 9 liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Space Launch Complex-4 on Sunday morning between 7:17 and 11:17 a.m., with a backup window Monday if needed. The first stage will attempt a landing on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific. A live webcast will be available at spacex.com/launches and on X; spectators can view from spots around Lompoc, Harris Grade Road, and Moonglow/Stardust roads, with sunrise launches offering potentially picturesque views.
A bright light trail observed in western Colorado was caused by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch of the COSMO-SkyMed satellite from California, visible across much of the western US, with sonic booms reported in California.
A delay in SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base has occurred due to a ground system glitch, now scheduled for Sunday evening, with the mission to deploy the COSMO-SkyMed satellite for Italy, and the first-stage booster will land at Vandenberg, potentially producing sonic booms audible in nearby counties.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday at 6:08 p.m., with a backup on Sunday, to deliver the COSMO-SkyMed Next Generation mission for Italy. The first-stage booster will land about eight minutes after launch, and residents in nearby counties may hear sonic booms. The launch will be webcast live, and viewing spots are available around Lompoc.
An Indian LVM3 rocket successfully launched the BlueBird 6 satellite for AST SpaceMobile, setting a record with the largest communication arrays ever deployed in low Earth orbit, as part of a project to provide broadband directly to smartphones.
SpaceX successfully launched its 30th flight of the Falcon 9 booster B1063 from Vandenberg, deploying Starlink satellites and continuing its certification process for up to 40 flights per booster, with a total of 167 Falcon 9 launches expected in 2025.
Europe's Ariane 6 rocket is set to launch its first pair of Galileo navigation satellites, marking a significant milestone for the vehicle's role in Europe's space capabilities, reducing reliance on external launch providers like SpaceX and Russia.
A Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base successfully deploying 27 Starlink satellites amid dense fog, continuing SpaceX's busy launch schedule with reusable boosters and fairings that reduce costs and turnaround times.