SpaceX sends up Spanish satellite for 10th Space Coast launch of the year
SpaceX sent up the Space Coast’s 10th launch of the year Wednesday night, but skipped any landing attempt of its booster.
A Falcon 9 rocket on the SpainSat NG I mission carrying a communications satellite developed by Spanish company Hisdesat and the European Space Agency lifted off at 8:34 p.m. from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A.
This was the final launch of the first-stage booster, which made its 21st flight, but SpaceX had to expend more fuel than normal to get the satellite on its way to a geosynchronous transfer orbit. As such, there was no recovery effort for the booster.
The booster had previously flown the SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R MISSION 1, Amazonas-6, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1, GSAT-20, Thuraya-4 and 13 Starlink missions. It’s one of several that had surpassed 20 launches, although shy of the fleet leading booster that has flown 24 times so far.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/RDcaOPGkTz
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 30, 2025
SpaceX has flown all but one of the missions so far this year on the Space Coast including three previous from KSC along with six from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.