{"id":125066,"date":"2025-11-06T13:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/125066\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T13:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:53:07","slug":"spacex-launches-29-starlink-satellites-from-cape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/125066\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites from Cape\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DgHMN7McTUsiFBm6qzRdpV-1280-80.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"\/>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida on Nov. 5, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX just extended its single-year launch record yet again.<\/p>\n<p>A <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18962-spacex-falcon-9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Falcon 9<\/a> rocket lifted off today (Nov. 5) at 8:31 p.m. EST (0131 GMT on Nov. 6) from Space Launch Complex-40 at Florida&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/33926-cape-canaveral.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cape Canaveral Space Force Station<\/a>, carrying 29 of SpaceX&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starlink-satellites.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Starlink<\/a> internet satellites toward <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/low-earth-orbit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">low Earth orbit<\/a> (LEO).<\/p>\n<p>It was the 141st Falcon 9 liftoff of 2025 and SpaceX&#8217;s 146th launch of the year overall. The company has also launched five suborbital test flights of its <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starship-super-heavy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Starship<\/a> megarocket so far this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DgHMN7McTUsiFBm6qzRdpV.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"\/>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida on Nov. 5, 2025 (Image credit: SpaceX)<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX has increased its launch cadence every year since 2019, when it conducted 13 orbital flights. In 2024, SpaceX launched 138 missions, 134 of them orbital and the other four Starship test flights.<\/p>\n<p>Starlink has been a huge driver of the recent boom in Falcon 9 launches. More than 100 of this year&#8217;s flights, for example, have been devoted to building out the Starlink megaconstellation.<\/p>\n<p>Previous Booster 1094 missions<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s liftoff was the fifth for this Falcon 9&#8217;s first stage, a booster designated 1094. It previously launched three missions to the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16748-international-space-station.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">International Space Station<\/a> \u2014\u200a two of them crewed \u2014\u200a and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/brand-new-falcon-9-rocket-sends-23-starlink-satellites-to-orbit-on-spacexs-2nd-launch-of-the-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Starlink 12-10<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After stage separation today, B1094 performed deceleration and landing burns to safely touch down on SpaceX&#8217;s &#8220;Just Read the Instructions&#8221; droneship in the Atlantic Ocean about 8.5 minutes after liftoff.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcon 9&#8217;s upper stage, meanwhile, continued carrying the 29 Starlink satellites toward LEO, where were deployed on schedule about an hour into flight. They&#8217;re joining <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/planet4589.org\/space\/con\/star\/stats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">more than 8,800<\/a> other spacecraft in the Starlink megaconstellation, which provides wireless internet service to customers across the globe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida on Nov. 5, 2025. 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