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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch 24 Starlink satellites from Florida on Monday afternoon. SpaceX has scheduled liftoff for 12:21 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral, with backup opportunities available on Tuesday starting at 11:18 a.m. ET.

SpaceX launched its first flight of 2025, sending a Falcon 9 rocket into space with a Thuraya 4 satellite from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40 in Florida.

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX executed its first Falcon 9 launch of 2025, sending the Thuraya 4-NGS communication satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. The company opened the four-hour launch window at 8:27 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 3.

SpaceX targets Sunday for Falcon 9's launch of the Astranis: From One to Many mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. A 2.5-hour launch window will open at midnight. A backup opportunity will be available at 10:43 p.m., providing a 3.75-hour launch window if necessary.

SpaceX is set to send up the second launch of the year from the Space Coast on Monday afternoon. A Falcon 9 carrying 24 of the company’s Starlink internet satellites is set for liftoff during a three-hour launch window that opens at 12:21 p.