Live coverage: Falcon 9 disintegrates after launch

The Dragon spaceship poised for launch Tuesday will carry more than 2.5 tons of equipment for the International Space Station’s six-person crew, making the first U.S. supply delivery to the orbiting research complex since the crash of an Antares cargo rocket in October.

The Starlink 17-2 mission will be SpaceX’s 92nd launch of 2025. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from pad 4 East at 9:31 p.m. PDT (12:31 a.m. EDT / 0431 UTC).

SpaceX’s billionaire founder and chief executive Elon Musk spoke with reporters just after successfully landing a Falcon 9 booster for the first time.