SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida this morning (Sept. 25).<\/p>\n
A Falcon 9<\/a> rocket carrying 28 Starlink craft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station<\/a> today at 4:39 a.m. EDT (0839 GMT).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Falcon 9’s first stage returned to Earth about 8.5 minutes later as planned, touching down on the SpaceX<\/a> drone ship “A Shortfall of Gravitas” in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n According to a SpaceX mission description<\/a>, it was the 22nd flight for this booster, which is designated B1080.<\/p>\n The Falcon 9’s upper stage continued hauling the 28 Starlink satellites toward low Earth orbit<\/a>, where they deployed 64 minutes after launch.<\/p>\n SpaceX has now launched 122 Falcon 9 missions in 2025, more than 70% of them devoted to building out the huge and ever-growing Starlink megaconstellation.<\/p>\n Starlink \u2014 by far the largest satellite network ever assembled \u2014 currently consists of more than 8,400 active spacecraft, according to<\/a> astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell.<\/p>\n