The year isn’t even half over yet, and SpaceX already has 70 orbital missions in the books.
It was SpaceX’s 70th Falcon 9 launch of 2025.
Fifty-two of those flights have been devoted to building out the Starlink megaconstellation in low Earth orbit (LEO), the biggest satellite network ever assembled.
The rocket’s upper stage continued carrying the 26 Starlink satellites to LEO, deploying them as planned about an hour after liftoff.
SpaceX has certainly been busy so far in 2025, but it’s still 100 launches away from its goal: Company representatives have said they aim to fly 170 orbital missions this year.
SpaceX has already completed 70 orbital missions this year, and it isn’t even halfway through.
On Sunday, June 8 at 10:20 a.m., a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 26 of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellites blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. M. 1420 GMT; 7:20 a.m. EDT. m. Local time in California.
It was SpaceX’s 70th Falcon 9 launch in 2025. Of those flights, fifty-two have been dedicated to the construction of the largest satellite network ever assembled, the Starlink megaconstellation in low Earth orbit (LEO).
The first stage of the Falcon 9 landed on SpaceX’s Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which was positioned in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 8:05 minutes after liftoff. According to a SpaceX mission description, it was the individual booster’s seventh launch and landing.
About an hour after launch, the upper stage of the rocket proceeded to carry the 26 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO), where they were deployed as intended. With almost 7,700 active satellites (and counting), the megaconstellation will now be joined by the recently launched spacecraft.
Though SpaceX has been quite active in 2025 thus far, the company is still 100 launches short of its target, which is to fly 170 orbital missions this year, according to company representatives.
