SpaceX conducted three Falcon 9 launches from October 22 to 26, deploying 84 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to expand its low-Earth orbit constellation for global broadband internet.
The initial launch occurred on October 22 from Vandenberg Space Force Base. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off carrying 28 Starlink satellites into orbit. This mission represented SpaceX’s 133rd Falcon 9 flight of 2025. By achieving this number, the company exceeded its previous annual record for Falcon 9 missions, demonstrating a sustained increase in launch operations throughout the year.
Three days later, on October 25, another Falcon 9 launch took place from the same Vandenberg facility. This rocket also deployed 28 Starlink satellites. The mission marked SpaceX’s 135th orbital launch of the year. SpaceX tracking data indicates that the Falcon 9 program reached a point where the number of missions completed in the first 11 months of 2025 equaled the total missions flown by NASA’s Space Shuttle program across its entire 30-year operational history from 1981 to 2011.
For the October 25 launch, the Falcon 9 first stage booster, identified as B1081, performed its 19th flight. After separation from the upper stage, the booster executed a controlled descent and successfully landed on the droneship named “Of Course I Still Love You” positioned in the Pacific Ocean. This recovery method allows SpaceX to refurbish and reuse the booster for future missions, contributing to the company’s cost-efficiency in spaceflight operations.
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The sequence concluded with a third Falcon 9 launch on October 26 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission targeted a launch window from 10:05 a.m. to 2:05 p.m. EDT and deployed an additional 28 Starlink satellites. The first stage booster for this flight, designated B1077, underwent its 24th mission. Following this launch, B1077 became the fourth most-flown active booster in SpaceX’s fleet, highlighting the extensive reuse of hardware in the company’s launch manifest.
Weather conditions for the October 26 launch were assessed by the 45th Weather Squadron. Forecasts predicted an 85 percent chance of favorable conditions at the beginning of the launch window. This probability decreased to 70 percent later in the window due to influences from offshore low-pressure systems affecting the atmospheric environment over the Atlantic launch site.
Across the three launches, SpaceX deployed a total of 84 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. These additions support the Starlink constellation, which consists of more than 8,700 satellites designed to deliver broadband internet service to locations worldwide, including remote and underserved areas.
SpaceX recently marked the deployment of its 10,000th Starlink satellite through prior missions. Orbital tracking data confirms that over 8,600 of these satellites remain operational, maintaining the network’s capacity to provide reliable connectivity on a global scale.
