The rocket, carrying the Thuraya 4 communications satellite, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida just before 8:30 p.m. Eastern.
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.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX is targeting a Friday night launch for the Thuraya 4 mission from Cape Canaveral. The launch is scheduled to take off at 8:27 p.m.
SpaceX is gearing up for an exciting mission tonight from Cape Canaveral as a Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch the Thuraya 4 satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit.