SpaceX was set to light up the Florida skies Monday evening with the launch of SES's O3b mPOWER mission from Cape Canaveral. However, the rocket did not take flight.

Live updates from the July 22 SpaceX SES O3b mPOWER satellite mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Live updates from the July 21 late-countdown scrub of a SpaceX SES O3b mPOWER launch attempt from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

After soaring skyward due east, the rocket's first-stage booster landed aboard SpaceX's drone ship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean.

SpaceX launched two SES communication satellites- O3b mPOWER 9 and 10, from Florida to Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), marking its 89th Falcon 9 launch in 2025. The mission strengthens SES's growing mPOWER constellation,

The remaining three O3b mPOWER satellites are currently being manufactured and are scheduled for launch in 2026. The additional O3b mPOWER satellites will bring up to a threefold increase in available capacity by 2027 when the entire O3b mPOWER constellation is fully deployed.

SpaceX got to within 15 seconds of a launch from Cape Canaveral on Monday, but a “hold, hold, hold” call from among the mission control team members forced an abort. They were back for another try Tuesday and pulled it off.