FLORIDA TODAY photographers captured a gallery of images of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaking across the darkness Jan. 18 above Brevard County.

Up for a rocket launch this MLK weekend? Weather permitting, a SpaceX rocket should be visible from the Treasure and Space Coasts after liftoff.

China's state-owned space agency and a Beijing-based space company have launched investigations after suffering two failed rocket launches just 12 hours apart on Jan. 17. According to Lianhe Zaobao , the first rocket, a Long March 3B, was launched at 12:55am on Jan. 17 from Sichuan, China.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026.

A new rocket startup to be launched Friday says it plans to soon become the first Canadian company to have the capacity to launch medium-payload satellites in space, filling in a potentially important niche in Canada’s defence.

China launches AlSat-3A for Algeria, Ceres-1 sea launch adds to Tianqi constellation China conducted its third and fourth launches of 2026 with Long March 2C and Ceres-1 rockets lifting off from Jiuquan and a sea platform respectively.

A growing cadence … The Ariane 6 rocket has launched five times, including its debut flight in July 2024. All of the launches were a success, although the first flight failed to relight the upper stage in order to make a controlled reentry. Arianespace increased the cadence to four launches last year and will seek to try to double that this year.

A pilot captured an incredible view of a SpaceX rocket launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Friday, January 9. This footage, filmed by Matt Guthmiller, shows the moment of the launch as seen from the sky.