Stay tuned. Crews at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and neighboring Cape Canaveral Space Force Station are gearing up for a busy January, including SpaceX Starlink internet satellite missions, Blue Origin's maiden flight of the mighty New Glenn rocket, and the NASA-SpaceX Blue Ghost moon lander mission.

Starlink is the largest satellite constellation ever deployed — and it's continuously growing, as today's planned launch demonstrates. There are currently more than 6,850 active Starlink spacecraft in LEO, according to satellite tracker and astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell.

SpaceX launched the second rocket of the year from Cape Canaveral. The payload was the latest batch of Starlink satellites.

SpaceX sent 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 took off at 3:43 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40.

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Florida on Monday afternoon.

Update: SpaceX has moved the liftoff time to 3:27 p.m. EST. The second launch of 2025 is set to lift off this afternoon from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40. The mission, k

The launch took place at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, where a Falcon 9 rocket carried the satellites into space.