In addition to SpaceX, AST SpaceMobile will use Blue Origin's unproven New Glenn rocket to launch its next-generation BlueBird 2 satellites.

With a Thursday launch of 24 Starlink satellites, SpaceX's third mission from Central Florida this week is on its way to low-Earth orbit. After a few delays, the Falcon 9 rocket took off around 8:21 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, where another Starlink mission took off earlier this week.