Elon Musk's SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket loaded with nearly two dozen Starlink communication satellites into space early Tuesday from Florida.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — While many were asleep in their warm beds, SpaceX launched more than 20 Starlink satellites early Tuesday morning. The Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink 13-1 mission from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A at 12:24 a.m. ET, stated SpaceX .

After three days of delays, a Falcon 9 rocket finally departed from Vandenberg Space Force Base Tuesday morning, the first of two Starlink launches

Coming off a record-setting 2024, SpaceX continued an aggressive launching schedule with the liftoff Wednesday morning of a Falcon 9 rocket that carried 21 Starlink satellites into lower-Earth orbit.

Following stage separation, the Falcon 9 rocket booster settled for a landing on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.

Live updates from Tuesday morning’s SpaceX Starlink 13-1 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX is scheduled to launch its latest round of Starlink satellites into orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday, lifting off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.