The launch of a new batch of SpaceX Starlink satellites lit up the predawn sky in southern California today (Dec. 10) as the company marked its 160th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket this year. Lifting off at 6:40 a.

SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from southern California to deliver more Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit in the wee hours of the morning on Wednesday, Dec. 10, and there’s a good chance we’ll be able to see it here in Phoenix (if you’re awake, that is).

SpaceX will launch its Falcon 9 rocket on the second mission of December from California, and you can stream it online.

Monday's launch from Florida was SpaceX's 158th Falcon 9 launch of the year and 510th reflight of a first stage since 2017. The company launched another set of 29 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday (Dec. 7).

SpaceX plans to launch its Falcon 9 rocket after midnight from Southern California. You can see the launch in person, or you can watch a livestream.

As clouds hovered over the Space Coast Monday afternoon, SpaceX launched a rocket on a Starlink mission. See the FLORIDA TODAY photos.

SpaceX now aims to launch the 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Monday. The launch window opens at 5:25 p.m. Twenty-nine Starlink satellites will take a ride to low-Earth orbit during what will be the relevant first-stage booster’s 32nd flight.

For the sixth year in a row, SpaceX is on course to set a new annual launch record for the Falcon 9 rocket, highlighting SpaceX’s increasing dominance in orbital launch activity, as well as the success of its reusable booster system in enabling frequent,