When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Optus-X telecom satellite from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 17, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX via X) SpaceX is set to launch its first-ever mission for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today (Nov. 18). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying ISRO's GSAT-N2 communications satellite is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today during a two-hour window that opens at 1:31 p.m. EST (1831 GMT). If it goes at the beginning of that window, it will be the third launch in 27 hours for Elon Musk's company. SpaceX will livestream the action via its X account, beginning about 15 minutes before liftoff. If all goes according to plan, the Falcon 9's first stage will come back to Earth about 8.5 minutes after liftoff, landing on the droneship "Just Read the Instructions." It will be the 19th mission for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description. You may like