The National Reconnaissance Office launched new spy satellites into lower Earth orbit late Thursday, adding to the growing constellation of such U.S.-based intelligence-gathering satellites around the world.

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.

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.

SpaceX is set to launch the first batch of its internet satellites this year from Florida's Space Coast today (Jan. 6).

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.

SpaceX is gearing up to launch another batch of Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Florida on Wednesday morning.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 of the company’s Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday (Dec. 28). The mission launched at 8:48 p.m. EST (5:48 p.m. PST local time or 0148 GMT on Dec. 29) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E).