SpaceX on Wednesday night launched a Spanish communications satellite from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and retired the first-stage booster rather than landing on a drone.

SpaceX sent up its first test flight of the year for its Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Texas catching the booster for just the second time back at the launch site, but suffering a loss of

SpaceX is launching a Falcon 9 tonight — and in a rare move, SpaceX does not plan to recover the booster. SpaceX is targeting launch of the SpainSat satellite during a two-hour launch window which opens at 8:34 p.