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a triple-core rocket blasts off under a sunny, partly cloudy blue sky. smoke expands below next to an obscured launch tower, near a long white hanger with SPACEX written on the side. To the left, a bird flies away.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?

By Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 21 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 12, 2025.

SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket, lands booster on ship at sea (video)

By Josh Dinner published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday (April 12), carrying 21 Starlink satellites to orbit.

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a rocket lifts off into the pre-dawn sky casting an orange glow from its thrust

SpaceX launches 9th batch of 'proliferated architecture' spy satellites for US government (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched the ninth batch of "proliferated architecture" spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Calfornia's central coast today (April 12).

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Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket surrounded by its gantry

What time is Blue Origin's New Shepard launch with Katy Perry and Gayle King on April 14?

By Josh Dinner published

Blue Origin is set to launch its star-studded, all-female NS-31 mission to suborbital space on April 14. Here's how to watch it live.

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A gold and white atlas v rocket on the launch pad carrying 28 Amazon Kuiper satellites

Launch of Amazon's 1st Kuiper internet satellites delayed by bad weather

By Tariq Malik published

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch Amazon's first big batch of Project Kuiper broadband satellites today (April 9), and you can watch it live.

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A gold and white atlas v rocket on the launch pad carrying 28 Amazon Kuiper satellites

Watch Atlas V rocket launch 1st big batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites

By Mike Wall last updated

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch Amazon's first big batch of Project Kuiper broadband satellites today (April 9), and you can watch it live.

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A white SpaceX Dragon space capsule with its nosecone open in space during docking.

SpaceX's next Dragon cargo ship launch for NASA will lift off on April 21

By Tariq Malik published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an uncrewed Dragon cargo ship packed with tons of supplies to the International Space Station on April 21.

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a man in a black military uniform speaks into microphones at a lectern on a stage lit in blues and purples

Keeping space safe is the 'ultimate team sport', and the US Space Force has a new playbook

By Brett Tingley published

The U.S. Space Force is leaning more heavily into its allies around the world and unveiling a new International Partnership Strategy, the service's chief said today.

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Three birds fly in the hazy sky above a giant rocket, looking small on the horizon in the disatnce.

Conservationists raise alarm over Air Force plan to land SpaceX Starships on bird sanctuary atoll

By Josh Dinner published

“Installing rocket landing pads on Johnston Atoll cannot occur without significantly disrupting wildlife..."

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a man in a black military dress uniform speaks on a stage in front of an image of earth seen from space

US needs 'orbital interceptors' to win a war in space, Space Command chief says

By Brett Tingley published

Space Force Gen. Stephen Whiting says the United States military needs orbital weapons in order to be successful if war ever comes to space.

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