Overview
- Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg’s SLC-4E at 1:41 p.m. PDT and deployed 28 V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit.
- First stage B1063 flew for the 29th time, nearing SpaceX’s current reuse record of 31 flights.
- The booster touched down on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You about 8.5 minutes after launch, marking the vessel’s 162nd landing and SpaceX’s 527th overall.
- SpaceX has launched more than 2,500 Starlink satellites so far in 2025, with at least eight more missions planned before Thanksgiving to add roughly 228 more spacecraft.
- Industry trackers and outlets report the constellation has surpassed 10,000 total satellites launched, with nearly 8,800 currently active.