Launch recap: Scroll down for updates from the launch of SES o3b mPOWER satellites, which launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 at 5:26 p.m. on Dec. 17 from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A. Having just launched a Falcon 9 on the Space Force RRT-1 mission ...

SpaceX plans to launch two communication satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast today (Dec. 17). A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today during an 87-minute window that opens at 3:59 p.

The liftoff to medium Earth orbit took place as planned at about 5 p.m. ET at Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A live webcast began minutes prior to the scheduled liftoff. It initially had a one-hour and 27-minute launch window scheduled with a Wednesday backup opportunity at the same time.

SpaceX launched a set of O3b mPOWER communications satellites for Luxembourg-based satellite telecommunications network provider SES from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday. The rocket lifted off at 5:26 p.