Twenty-nine newly-launched Starlink satellites at the moment are in low Earth orbit.
The Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage, Booster 1077 (B1077), accomplished its ascent after which returned to Earth for a propulsive touchdown on the autonomous drone ship, “A Shortfall of Gravitas,” stationed within the Atlantic Ocean. It was the twenty fifth flight for the rocket, in response to a mission description on SpaceX’s web site.
The Starlink satellites (Group 6-95) joined the greater than 9,100 operational relays forming SpaceX‘s megaconstellation.
Tuesday’s launch was the one hundred and fifty fifth Falcon 9 flight of 2025, out of SpaceX’s 160 missions in whole this yr (so far).
