{"id":9692,"date":"2025-11-20T17:19:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/falcon-9-starlink-mission-marks-100th-launch-of-the-year-from-floridas-space-coast\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T17:19:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:19:54","slug":"falcon-9-starlink-mission-marks-100th-launch-of-the-year-from-floridas-space-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/falcon-9-starlink-mission-marks-100th-launch-of-the-year-from-floridas-space-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcon 9 Starlink mission marks 100th launch of the year from Florida\u2019s Space Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_71540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71540\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-Falcon-9-Fog-Streak.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"451\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-Falcon-9-Fog-Streak.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-Falcon-9-Fog-Streak-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Falcon 9 rocket rises from a fog bank on Nov.20, 2025, making the 100th launch of the year from Florida\u2019s Space Coast. Image: John Pisani\/Spaceflight Now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center Thursday evening on a milestone mission marking the 100th launch from the Space Coast this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Starlink 6-78 mission, carrying 29 satellites for SpaceX\u2019s internet service, soared spaceward at 10:39 p.m. EST (0339 UTC), the Faclon 9 rocket rising from a fog bank that had blanketed the area around launch complex 39A.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jTitrkLSg3s\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, missions by the three major launch companies operating from the spaceport broke the record of 93 liftoffs that was set in 2024. SpaceX has chalked up the lion\u2019s share of the 100 launches so far in 2025 with 93 flights of its Falcon 9 rocket. United Launch Alliance has made five launches, four by its workhorse Atlas 5 rocket and one of its new Vulcan vehicle. Blue Origin flew its New Glenn rocket for the first time in January and for a second flight on Nov. 13.<\/p>\n<p>The Eastern Range, operated by the Space Force\u2019s Space Launch Delta 45 wing, is the busiest spaceport in the world, accounting for more than a third of all orbital launches in 2025.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71543\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cape-Canaveral-Launches-by-Year.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"442\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cape-Canaveral-Launches-by-Year.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cape-Canaveral-Launches-by-Year-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">bital launch attempts from Cape Canaveral by year 1957-2025. Data as of Nov. 20, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Until 2020, the annual launch rate from the pads at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center only twice exceeded 25 orbital launches in a year. SpaceX, with its partially reusable Falcon 9 rocket, has driven the dramatic increase in launch cadence, accounting for 91 percent of launches from Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s Starlink delivery mission used Falcon 9 first stage booster B1080, which first flew in 2023 and is launching for a 23rd time. Eight minutes after launch, it landed on the drone ship \u2018Just Read the Instructions\u2019, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean about 365 miles downrange, east of the Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p>Deployment of the Starlink satellites will come about one hour and five minutes after launch. This latest batch of V2 Starlinks will join more than 9,000 satellites already in orbit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71544\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-Falcon-9-Michael.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"452\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-Falcon-9-Michael.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-Falcon-9-Michael-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Starlink 6-78 mission heads on a south-easterly trajectory after departing Kennedy Space Center. 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