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.

The launch will take place at 10:27 a.m. at the  Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, where a Falcon 9 rocket will carry the satellites into space.

A SpaceX Starlink mission is set to launch from Central Florida on Wednesday. The Falcon 9 rocket carry 21 Starlink satellites — including 13 with direct-to-cell capabilities — is set to take off at 10:27 a.m. from Kennedy Space Center and head toward low-Earth orbit.

Check back 90 minutes prior to liftoff for live updates on this page. Brooke Edwards is a Space Reporter for Florida Today. Contact her at bedwards@floridatoday.com or on X: @brookeofstars.

SpaceX successfully launched 21 Starlink satellites from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday. The launch comes after SpaceX recently sent 24 of the communication satellites to low-Earth orbit.

Florida's Space Coast hosted a record-shattering 93 orbital rocket launches during 2024. Looking ahead, will this year's total set another new annual record? Stay tuned. Crews at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and neighboring Cape Canaveral Space Force Station are gearing up for a busy January,

Live updates from Wednesday morning's SpaceX Starlink 12-11 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.