A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has placed the SPAINSAT NG I military satellite into orbit from the historic Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The most advanced secure communications satellite in Europe will now begin a six-month phase before providing service to our Armed Forces and NATO.

Check out which rockets have lifted off in 2025 from Florida's Space Coast, home of NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The second launch of 2025 was set to lift off the afternoon of Monday, Jan. 6 from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40. After being delayed multiple times, and a burst of gloomy weather hovering over Brevard County, the rocket finally lifted off at the end of the launch window − 3:43 p.m..