Liftoff is scheduled for 8:34 p.m. ET tonight (Jan. 29).

A quiet, clear Wednesday night in Brevard County was brought to life by the bright glow and roar of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The SpainSat NG-1 satellite launched right on time at 8:34 p.m. from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A.

Scroll down to read live updates from the Wednesday, Jan. 29 launch of SpainSat from Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 tonight — and in a rare move, SpaceX did not plan to recover the booster.

Depending on weather and cloud cover, rocket launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral, Florida, can be seen from Daytona Beach to Melbourne to Vero Beach.

The next SpaceX launch from Florida will occur between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, and it's not a Starlink. Here's what to know.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX successfully launched a Spanish communications satellite on Wednesday night. Taking off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent the SpainSat NG I mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit, stated the company.

SpaceX launched a new round of Starlink satellites into lower Earth orbit on its 11th launch of 2025, setting it on pace to break another one-year launch record.

SpaceX is preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Monday afternoon that will carry internet-beaming Starlink satellites into orbit.

SpaceX sent up the Space Coast’s 10th launch of the year Wednesday night, but skipped any landing attempt of its booster. A Falcon 9 rocket on the SpainSat NG I mission carrying a communications satellite developed by Spanish company Hisdesat and the European Space Agency lifted off at 8:34 p.

SpaceX on Wednesday launched the Spanish communications satellite Hisdesat SpainSat NG I atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.