
Launch recap: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch in Florida brings 2nd launch Wednesday
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- Jun 25, 2025
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SpaceX launch time in Florida slips again
Update 2:20 p.m.: SpaceX has updated launch is now targeted for 3:54 p.m. Thunder and storms are present at the Cape.
SpaceX launch time moves again
Update 2:02 p.m.: With the weather moving in, SpaceX has pushed the launch time back again. The target liftoff is now 3:14 p.m.
SpaceX launch in Florida weather update
Update 2:00 p.m.: Will SpaceX be able to launch today?
Liftoff is still targeted for 3:03 p.m., but the weather off the coast of Cape Canaveral has grown. If SpaceX needs to wait until tomorrow, the 45th Weather Squadron predicts only a 60% chance of favorable weather.
SpaceX states launch opportunities exist until 4:32 p.m.
Customers share Starlink experience
Update 1:25 p.m.: The 27 Starlink satellites launching today deliver internet to areas where high speed internet was not traditionally available. Customers have shared their experience with the Starlink internet service, claiming to get online within minutes.
Liftoff is still set for 3:03 p.m.
SpaceX Starlink launch in Florida
Update 12:51 p.m.: Liftoff is still targeted for 3:03 p.m. Weather has developed off the coast of Cape Canaveral.
SpaceX launch time in Florida moved
Update 12:40 p.m.: SpaceX has now updated the launch time to 3:03 p.m. No official reason has been given.
Today's SpaceX drone ship
Update 12:35 p.m.: Today’s Falcon 9 will land on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The only sound anticipated will be the rocket’s familiar rumble.
The Falcon 9 will be ferried back to port Canaveral, where it can be seen during a short stopping period.
SpaceX launch prep underway in Brevard
Update 12:25 p.m.: Brevard County Emergency Management officials have activated the agency's launch operations support team ahead of SpaceX’s upcoming Falcon 9 launch, which is currently set for 1:22 p.m.
SpaceX booster launching Starlink previously launched Peggy Whitson
Update 12:15 p.m.: The Falcon 9 booster launching this Starlink mission previously launched veteran NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who launched to space on the Ax-4 mission earlier this morning.
How is this possible? This well-traveled booster launched the Axiom Space Ax-2 mission in 2023, which saw Whitson fly to the ISS. Ax-2 was Whitson's first mission with Axiom Space after retiring from NASA.
The booster which launched the Ax-4 mission this morning is at Cape Canaveral, being retrieved by the SpaceX team.
SpaceX Falcon 9 launch in Florida
Update 12:05 p.m.: Liftoff is targeted for 1:22 p.m.
The Falcon 9 booster launching this mission is seeing its 20th flight. Previous missions include 13 Starlink missions, Axiom Space Ax-2, Euclid, Ax-3, CRS-30, SES ASTRA 1P, NG-21,
SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral and SpaceX Dragon tracking
Update 11:50 a.m.: Targeted now for 1:22 p.m., this afternoon's launch is the latest batch of SpaceX Starlink internet satellites.
Wondering how far the Axiom Space Mission 4 crew is from the International Space Station? SpaceX provides live tracking of the Dragon spacecraft, named Grace, as it continues on its journey. The docking is set for no earlier than 7 a.m. June 26.
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