CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX executed its first Falcon 9 launch of 2025, sending the Thuraya 4-NGS communication satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
The company opened the four-hour launch window at 8:27 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 3.
The famed rocket launched the Space42 Thuraya 4 mission from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Use the video player above to watch Friday night's launch.
The 45th Weather Squadron had given around a 90% chance of good liftoff conditions, with the only concern being liftoff winds.
This was be the 20th flight for the Falcon 9 stage booster, B1073, including:
- SES-22
- ispace’s HAKUTO-R MISSION 1
- Amazonas-6
- CRS-27
- Bandwagon-1
- GSAT-20
- 13 Starlink missions
After the stage separation, the first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.