FLORIDA TODAY photographers captured a gallery of images of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaking above Brevard County in the early morning darkness.

AST Spacemobile Inc. shares rose after the successful launch of three of its satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

SpaceX launches AST SpaceMobile satellites at 2:39 a.m. Wednesday, June 17, 2025, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

AST SpaceMobile stock was gaining after SpaceX said Wednesday that it had deployed three of the company's BlueBird satellites into orbit.

Check back for live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team launch updates on this page, starting about 90 minutes before SpaceX's morning Falcon 9 launch window opens.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched three of AST SpaceMobile's giant BlueBird direct-to-cell satellites early Wednesday morning (June 17).

AST SpaceMobile launched three of its BlueBird satellites into space on Wednesday. They flew atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched from Florida.

SpaceX launched three communication satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launch for was the BlueBird 8-10 mission for AST SpaceMobile. The satellites provide broadband internet service to smartphones.