After much delay, a Falcon 9 rocket launch finally sent four satellites for Astranis Space Technologies to orbit. The SpaceX rocket took off on a delivery mission right at midnight on Sunday, December 29 from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40, rumbling on a due-east trajectory. The last attempt at this launch on Friday, Dec. 20 saw a rare last second abort. SpaceX called an early scrub the following day, rolling back the rocket to swap out the first stage booster. A reason for the abort and booster swap was not provided. Eight-and-a-half minutes after launch, the seasoned Falcon 9 first stage made its seventh landing on the A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Previous missions for this booster include: three Starlink missions, NASA's Crew-8, Polaris Dawn, and the CRS-31 ISS resupply mission. The fairing halves − which protect the satellites during launch − were also retrieved by SpaceX's recovery ship known as Doug.