Source: United Press International
“SpaceX launched its first flight of 2025, sending a Falcon 9 rocket into space with a Thuraya 4 satellite from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40 in Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket took off at 8:27 p.m. EST Friday. Eight minutes and 40 seconds later, the booster returned to Earth for a landing aboard SpaceX’s droneship ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’ offshore in the Atlantic Ocean. It was the the 20th flight and recovery for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, and SpaceX’s 341st recovery overall of an orbital-class rocket, including Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy boosters.” (01/04/25)
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2025/01/04/Florida-Space-X-first-2025/6121735999444/