Overview
- A Falcon 9 lifted off at 3:10 a.m. from Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39A carrying 29 Starlink satellites.
- The first stage completed its 28th mission and landed on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic.
- A Saturday attempt was scrubbed less than a minute before liftoff because of bad weather in the recovery area.
- The flight marked SpaceX’s 93rd launch from Florida this year, tying the region’s 2024 total for orbital missions.
- SpaceX has conducted all but five of the Space Coast’s 93 launches in 2025, and industry projections suggest totals will surpass 100 by year’s end.