Overview

• A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 2:05 p.m. EDT to deliver 24 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit.
• Flight-proven booster B1075 flew for the 20th time and landed on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You about eight minutes after liftoff.
• With Saturday’s mission, SpaceX has deployed more than 2,000 Starlink satellites so far in 2025.
• On Friday, a Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center added 28 Starlink satellites and recorded SpaceX’s 500th successful orbital-class booster return with a Just Read the Instructions droneship landing, bringing the network to almost 8,400 active satellites.
• Friday’s launch was the company’s 111th Falcon 9 mission of 2025 as it targets at least 170 Falcon launches by year’s end.