July 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM Updated: BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – SpaceX successfully launched another Falcon 9 rocket from the Florida coast on Tuesday. The space agency said the MTG-S1/Sentinel-4A mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit took off at Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center. The launch ultimately went up at 5:04 p.m. SpaceX said this was the ninth flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-9, RRT-1, Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1, Fram2, SXM-10, and three Starlink missions. After stage separation, the first stage was slated to land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved. About the Author