SpaceX launches midnight hour Starlink mission from Florida – Spaceflight Now
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 12-19 mission on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now
Update June 3, 3:12 p.m. EDT: The first stage booster successfully landed on the droneship.
SpaceX managed to launch its latest batch of Starlink satellites Tuesday morning following a scrub in the pre-dawn hours of Monday.
Liftoff of the Starlink 12-19 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 12:43 a.m. EDT (0443 UTC) on Tuesday, June 3, as thunderstorms pushed offshore.
On Monday, the 45th Weather Squadron published a new launch weather forecast for this next launch opportunity. In it, meteorologists said SpaceX would be facing a 65 ...