Video: Falcon 9 rocket fires up engines on launch pad (members only)

An 11-hour practice countdown was completed Friday at Cape Canaveral’s launch complex 41 for the planned launch of an Atlas 5 rocket and Boeing’s Starliner capsule later this month. The rocket was loaded with super-cold liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen in a full dress rehearsal for launch day.

An Ariane 5 rocket launch Tuesday added four more navigation satellites to Europe’s Galileo network with an on-target deployment following liftoff from a jungle spaceport on the northeastern coast of South America.

This was SpaceX’s 51st Falcon 9 launch of 2024. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 happened at 8:32 p.m. EDT (0032 UTC).