Stay tuned. Crews at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and neighboring Cape Canaveral Space Force Station are gearing up for a busy January, including SpaceX Starlink internet satellite missions, Blue Origin's maiden flight of the mighty New Glenn rocket, and the NASA-SpaceX Blue Ghost moon lander mission.

SpaceX launched the second rocket of the year from Cape Canaveral. The payload was the latest batch of Starlink satellites.

A SpaceX Starlink mission is set to launch from Central Florida on Wednesday. The Falcon 9 rocket carry 21 Starlink satellites — including 13 with direct-to-cell capabilities — is set to take off at 10:27 a.m. from Kennedy Space Center and head toward low-Earth orbit.

SpaceX is targeting Friday, Jan. 3 for its first Falcon 9 mission of 2025 as it launches the Thuraya 4 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

SpaceX is set to launch another rocket from our Space Coast on Monday. The company is aiming for an early afternoon liftoff of its Falcon 9 rocket. The vehicle will carry 24 Starlink satellites and deploy them into low-Earth orbit. The satellites are used to increase the company’s internet capability to locations around the globe.

The second launch of 2025 is set to lift off this afternoon from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40. The mission, known as Starlink 6-71, is a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching the latest batch of 24 Starlink internet satellites.

Nearly 25 years after Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin, the company is finally poised to send its first rocket to orbit. New Glenn could lift off as early as next week.

Can I see a rocket launch liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, from Vero Beach? Depending on weather or cloud cover, yes, particularly night launches