Live updates from the launch of the SpaceX Starlink 12-2 mission which lifted off at 12:35 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 23 from KSC Pad 39A.

Standing 320 feet tall, New Glenn is a massive multi-stage rocket designed to produce an estimated 3.9 million pounds of thrust at liftoff.

Mission: Blue Origin will launch its powerhouse New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This first launch will send NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars. Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.

The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40, which is just south of Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A. After liftoff, the rocket traveled on a southeast trajectory. The first stage booster landed eight and a half minutes later on the A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship waiting out on the Atlantic Ocean.

SpaceX launched 21 Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast early Monday morning (Dec. 23) and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea.

SpaceX launched a new round of 21 Starlink satellites into lower Earth orbit, 13 of which can contact cell phones directly.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – In a midnight spectacle, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket soared into the sky at 12:35 a.m. EST on 23 December, delivering 21 Starlink satellites into orbit and breaking its own turnaround record for pad 39A.