{"id":9673,"date":"2025-12-10T17:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-launches-160th-falcon-9-rocket-of-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T17:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:01:10","slug":"spacex-launches-160th-falcon-9-rocket-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-launches-160th-falcon-9-rocket-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches 160th Falcon 9 rocket of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_71804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71804\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71804\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251210_Starlink_G15_11_OS_56_Streak.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251210_Starlink_G15_11_OS_56_Streak.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251210_Starlink_G15_11_OS_56_Streak-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on the Starlink 15-11 mission on Dec. 10, 2025. This was the 160th Falcon 9 launch of 2025. Image: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Update Dec. 10, 9 a.m. EST (1400 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 27 Starlink satellites.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX executed a pre-dawn launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday morning. The flight was the 160th of a Falcon 9 rocket so far in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Starlink 15-11 mission added another 27 broadband internet satellites to its growing megaconstellation in low Earth orbit. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East happened at 3:40 a.m. PST (6:40 a.m. EST \/ 1140 UTC).<\/p>\n<p>This was the third fastest turnaround of SLC-4E to date.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HrYMzZoL5RA\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX launched the mission using the Falcon 9 booster, 1082. This was its 18th flight following missions, like USSF-62, NROL-145 and OneWeb Launch 20.<\/p>\n<p>About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1082 landed on the drone ship, \u2018Of Course I Still Love You,\u2019 which was the 169th landing on this vessel and 548th booster landing to date.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1998735904475680971&amp;lang=en&amp;maxWidth=678px&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2025%2F12%2F10%2Flive-coverage-spacex-to-launch-160th-falcon-9-rocket-of-2025%2F&amp;sessionId=dcc661548c909986377118bbb002af43cfd6ad7f&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"678\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782461578460286967=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Deployment of 27 @Starlink satellites confirmed pic.twitter.com\/3ZNICuEjIO<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 10, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on the Starlink 15-11 mission on Dec. 10, 2025. This was the 160th Falcon 9 launch of 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Dec. 10, 9 a.m. EST (1400 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 27 Starlink satellites. SpaceX executed a pre-dawn launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday morning. 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