Drone’s view of Sunday’s SpaceX rocket landing

The mission, dubbed Maxar 3 by SpaceX, was the third launch of Maxar’s WorldView Legion satellites. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A happened at 6:13 p.m. EST (2313 UTC).

The Federal Communications Commission has granted a request by SpaceX to begin launching spacecraft for the company’s Starlink broadband network to a lower orbit than originally planned, overruling protests by competitors and clearing a major regulatory hurdle before the launch of the first batch of Internet satellites from Cape Canaveral in May.

The Starlink 12-26 mission represents the 490th Falcon 9 rocket launch to date. SpaceX is targeting a liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:29 a.m. EDT (1529 UTC).