At 5:28 p.m. SpaceX launched the Optus-X satellite for Australian telecommunication company, Optus. The rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A, traveling on a due east trajectory. With clouds in the area, most on the Space Coast only saw a short glow before the rocket disappeared.

Taking off at 12:12 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket disappeared into the night sky. Eight and a half minutes after the lift off, the first stage booster landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship out on the Atlantic Ocean.

SpaceX will launch a rocket from our Space Coast on Sunday at 12:12 a.m. The Falcon 9 will aim to send 23 new Starlink satellites into orbit. The rocket will also send 13 satellites with direct-to-cell capabilities.

Scroll down to read updates from the launch of the Sunday, December 8 SpaceX Starlink mission, which launched from SLC-40. Those up late Saturday night into Sunday morning were in for a show, as SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket.

This is the second flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched GOES-U.