SpaceX Launches Starlink Satellites On Its 150th Falcon 9 Mission Of The Year
SpaceX Launches Starlink Satellites On Its 150th Falcon 9 Mission Of The Year
SpaceX reached another milestone with the launch of 29 Starlink satellites for its broadband internet low Earth orbit constellation.
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 2:53 a.m. EST (0753 GMT) on Saturday (Nov.
22). One hour and five minutes later, the Starlink satellite were deployed from the Falcon’s upper stage.
“Falcon 9 completes its 150th launch of 2025,” SpaceXposted to social media.“Deployment of 29 Starlink satellites confirmed.”
The Falcon 9’s first stage (Booster B1080) returned for a ninth time to a successful landing and recovery, in this case on the droneship “A Shortfall of Gravitas” stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a SpaceXpage about the mission.
The 29 Starlink satellites (Group 6-79) added to the SpaceX-owned network, which now numbers than 9,000 active units out of the over 10,400 launched since 2019, according to satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell.
In addition to being SpaceX’s 150th Falcon 9 launch of this year, Saturday’s mission was the 568th flight of the company’s launch vehicle since 2010.
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