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What was meant to be SpaceX's final mission of 2025 from California will now be the first of 2026. Here's when and where to see the delayed launch.
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SpaceX kicks off 2026 with its first rocket launch tonight
SpaceX is starting 2026 with a high profile mission that will light up the skies over California tonight, sending an Italian radar satellite into orbit on a reusable Falcon 9. The flight is poised to mark the company’s first launch of the year and an early test of how aggressively it plans to keep pushing commercial and government customers into space.
What was meant to be SpaceX's final mission of 2025 from California will now be the first of 2026. Will the delayed launch be visible in Arizona?
Which US rocket companies achieved the most during 2025? Once again, Ars Technica is here to provide some answers in the form of our annual power ranking of US launch companies. We began doing this in 2022 and have since put out a top-10 list every year (see 2023 and 2024 ).