Twenty-nine newly-launched Starlink satellites are now in low Earth orbit.
The Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage, Booster 1077 (B1077), completed its ascent and then returned to Earth for a propulsive landing on the autonomous drone ship, “A Shortfall of Gravitas,” stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. It was the 25th flight for the rocket, according to a mission description on SpaceX’s website.
The Starlink satellites (Group 6-95) joined the more than 9,100 operational relays forming SpaceX‘s megaconstellation.
Tuesday’s launch was the 155th Falcon 9 flight of 2025, out of SpaceX’s 160 missions in total this year (to date).
