Thursday's launch was SpaceX's 49th Falcon 9 mission of 2025. SpaceX has another launch coming up later tonight. The Starlink 12-10 mission will liftoff out of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and is scheduled for 10:31 p.m. EDT (0231 GMT, April 29).

The Starlink 12-23 mission lifted off into the night from Cape Canaveral SLC-40. Onboard were 23 Starlink satellites.

SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket Watch live as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 27 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.