SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a satellite mission Thursday morning. The rocket is sent the Maxar 2 mission into orbit from the Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff happened at 9 a.m. as scheduled.

Eight and a half minutes after lift off, the Falcon 9 first stage will land back at Cape Canaveral on Landing Zone 1, causing a sonic boom. The sound is generated when the Falcon 9 falls faster than the speed of sound. Not to worry, as the landing burn and grid fins slow the booster down and direct it before landing.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch the Earth observing WordView Legion 3 & 4 satellites for Maxar from Cape Canaveral on Thursday.

SpaceX launched 21 Starlink satellites into orbit from a Falcon 9 rocket in clear skies from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, one day after the mission was scrubbed because of poor booster recovery conditions.

Stoke Space is nothing if not ambitious. The five-year-old launch startup has generated a lot of hype due to its bold plans to develop the first fully reusable rocket, with both the booster and second stage vertically returning to Earth.