For the second time in 2026, a SpaceX rocket is due to blast off from Southern California. Here's where (and what time) you may spot Falcon 9 liftoff

Check back for live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team launch updates on this page, starting about 90 minutes before the afternoon SpaceX launch window opens.

SpaceX is starting 2026 with a high profile mission that will light up the skies over California tonight, sending an Italian radar satellite into orbit on a reusable Falcon 9. The flight is poised to mark the company’s first launch of the year and an early test of how aggressively it plans to keep pushing commercial and government customers into space.

SpaceX could soon debut from South Texas a more advanced and powerful version of its mammoth spacecraft known as Starship. Here's what to know.

Could SpaceX launch a new design of Starship in January? Here's what to know about a mission Elon Musk's company refers to as flight 12.