The Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron had only forecast 40% odds of favorable weather, citing liftoff winds and unfavorable booster recovery weather.

SpaceX launched another batch of nearly two dozen Starlink Internet satellites into space early Tuesday from the Florida coast. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at about 2:10 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The BlueWalker 3 satellite was fully deployed, making it the "largest-ever commercial communications array in low Earth orbit," at 693 square feet, according to AST SpaceMobile. Credit: AST SpaceMobile | edited by Space.

SpaceX launched two Starlink satellite missions just hours apart today (Oct. 15), one of which was the company's 100th liftoff of the year.