SpaceX has now launched 73 Falcon 9 missions in 2025, of which 55 have been in support of the Starlink service. Friday's mission followed a Starlink launch on Thursday evening from California, which marked the 500th overall Falcon flight.

SpaceX plans to launch a Falcon 9 on Friday with 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit. It'll happen at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Halfway to a hundred: The 50th orbital rocket launch of 2025 from Florida's Space Coast streaked across the morning sky Friday, June 13th, maintaining this year's unprecedented pace thus far. SpaceX sent up the Friday-the-13th Falcon 9 rocket at 11:29 a.m ...