The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will ascend along a southeasterly trajectory, then deploy a payload of Starlink broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit.

A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 26 of SpaceX 's Starlink broadband satellites lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sunday (June 8) at 10:20 a.m. EDT (1420 GMT; 7:20 a.m. local California time).

Heavy cloud cover didn't deter veteran photog Malcolm Denemark from getting a cool shot of a Space X Falcon 9 rocket launch on June 3.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — SpaceX crews are planning to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday morning from Florida. The launch is set for 9:05 a.m. from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launch aims to send another batch of Starlink satellites into orbit.

The Axiom-4 mission, featuring Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, faces further delays due to a liquid oxygen leak detected in SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket. This issue, stemming from a previous Starlink mission,

The second stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket captured an amazing view of Earth during the launch of the Intelsat 40e satellite. Credit: SpaceX | time-lapsed by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: Jupiter

The countdown for India's historic return to space started with SpaceX on Saturday rolling out the Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecrafts to the launch pad ahead of Axiom Space's fourth human spaceflight, featuring Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla.