CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX has announced the upcoming launch of the EchoStar XXV mission from Central Florida early Tuesday morning.
The launch will send a television satellite into orbit for Dish Network, an EchoStar subsidiary, from teh Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.
So far, the launch is slated for 12:19 a.m., though the launch window runs through 1:43 a.m.
Falcon 9 is vertical at pad 40 in Florida ahead of tonight’s launch of the @EchoStar XXV mission. Liftoff is now targeted for 12:19 a.m. ET, and weather is >95% favorable → https://t.co/sQRrKDxllQ pic.twitter.com/e0mOtwlI6w
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 10, 2026
If needed, SpaceX officials said there will be a backup window later on Tuesday starting at 11:14 p.m.
Regardless, this is set to be the 14th flight for the first-stage booster supporting this mission, which was previously used for Crew-9, RRT-1, Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1, Fram2, SXM-10, MTG-21, and seven other Starlink missions.
[BELOW: Watch another Falcon 9 rocket launch from Central Florida earlier this month]