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.

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 successfully lifted off its first Falcon 9 rocket of 2025 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday night (Jan 3), sending the Thuraya 4 spacecraft

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.

The launch will be SpaceX ’s 134th Falcon flight in 2024, surpassing the company’s prior year total by 38 missions. Of this year’s 134 launches, 89 were devoted to expanding the Starlink global network (including this upcoming flight).

SpaceX is planning to launch another batch of Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, on a Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday.

SpaceX is preparing to launch its seventh flight test of Starship— a new generation ship with all new upgrades. Starship will launch out of Florida at 12:10 p.m. on Sunday. Sunday’s launch will include a first attempt at payload deployment tests,