{"id":302159,"date":"2025-11-22T20:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T20:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/302159\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T20:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T20:47:09","slug":"spacex-launches-starlink-satellites-on-its-150th-falcon-9-mission-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/302159\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on its 150th Falcon 9 mission of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"

SpaceX reached another milestone with the launch of 29 more Starlink satellites for its broadband internet low Earth orbit constellation.<\/p>\n

A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 2:53 a.m. EST (0753 GMT) on Saturday (Nov. 22). One hour and five minutes later, the Starlink satellite were deployed from the Falcon’s upper stage.<\/p>\n

“Falcon 9 completes its 150th launch of 2025,” SpaceX posted to social media.<\/a> “Deployment of 29 Starlink satellites confirmed.”<\/p>\n

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites lifts off from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (Image credit: SpaceX)<\/p>\n

The Falcon 9’s first stage (Booster B1080) returned for a ninth time to a successful landing and recovery, in this case on the droneship “A Shortfall of Gravitas” stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a SpaceX page about the mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The 29 Starlink satellites (Group 6-79) added to the SpaceX-owned network, which now numbers more than 9,000 active units out of the over 10,400 launched since 2019, according to satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to being SpaceX’s 150th Falcon 9 launch of this year, Saturday’s mission was the 568th flight of the company’s launch vehicle since 2010.<\/p>\n

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