Tag: Starlink Satellites

SpaceX Marks Second Bahamas Landing After Starlink Mission

SPACE reports, “SpaceX landed a rocket in The Bahamas for the second time ever on Thursday, Feb. 19. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 29 of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellites launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 8:41 p.m. EST (0141 GMT on Feb. 20).”
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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites, lands off coast of Bahamas. (Launch occurs at the 0:11 second mark)
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 29 Starlink Satellites on Record 32nd Flight

SPACE reports, “A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. It was “a new record for a “flight-proven” booster, landing for the 32nd time after helping loft Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit.”
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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites from Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 8 at 5:26 p.m. EST. (Launch occurs at the 57:23 mark)

SpaceX Launches 10,000th Starlink Satellite to Orbit

SPACE reports, “SpaceX notched two big milestones on a single Falcon 9 liftoff today (Oct. 19). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink internet satellites lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 3:24 p.m. EDT (1924 GMT; 12:24 p.m. local California time). Those 28 included the 10,000th Starlink spacecraft ever to reach orbit.”
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 28 More Starlink Satellites into Orbit from Florida

SPACE reports a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida on Thursday morning (Aug. 14), carrying 28 Starlink broadband satellites into low Earth orbit.  “SpaceX now has more than 8,100 active Starlink satellites in its megaconstellation.”
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 28 Starlink satellites (Launch at the 1:00:44 mark)
Spaceflight Now; YouTube

SpaceX Falcon 9 Experiences Rare Engine Failure, Loses Starlink Satellites

Via Satellite reports, “SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket suffered an engine failure during a Starlink mission on July 11, losing 20 Starlink satellites and triggering a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigation. This is a rare incident for the rocket which hasn’t had a major failure since 2015. The mission took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 7:36 p.m. PT on July 11, carrying 20 direct-to-cell Starlink satellites.”
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SpaceX Experiences Engine Failure In Flight
(The Launch Pad; YouTube)

SpaceX Has Nearly 6,000 Starlink Satellites on Orbit Following Sunday’s Falcon 9 Launch

Spaceflght Now reports that the milestone comes as a result of the 34th dedicated Starlink launch of the year for SpaceX. “Liftoff of the Starlink 6-58 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 happened at 8:53 p.m. EDT (0053 UTC). This was SpaceX’s 34th dedicated Starlink launch of 2024,” which placed another 23 Starlink satellites into orbit, bringing the total number in orbit to 5,999.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral
(Spaceflight Now; YouTube)

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches on Next Starlink Mission

Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX completed its latest Falcon 9 launch from pad 39A NASA’s Kennedy Space Center early Wednesday evening. The Starlink 6-51 mission came about a week-and-a-half after the launch of its first Bandwagon-1 rideshare mission from that same launch pad.” Liftoff occurred at 5:26 p.m. EDT.
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SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 with 23 Starlink satellites from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
(Spaceflight Now; YouTube)

SpaceX Falcon 9 Marks 175th Flight from Cape Canaveral

Spaceflight Now reports “SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Monday evening with 23 Starlink satellites on board,” marking the 175th SpaceX launch “from its workhorse pad to date.”
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral
(Spaceflight Now; YouTube)

SpaceX Launches 23 More Starlink Satellites from California

SPACE reports, “SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California on Monday (March 11), in the second leg of a spaceflight doubleheader.“ SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off at 12:09 a.m. EDT from Vandenberg Space Force Base carrying the Starlink payload.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:09 a.m. EDT on March 11, 2024
(VideoFromSpace; YouTube)