SpaceX is gearing up to send another batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth order from Florida early Wednesday.

The SpaceX rocket lifted off at 8:36 p.m. from its launchpad at the California base and reached low Earth orbit about 8½ minutes later.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket placed 26 Starlink internet broadband satellites into low Earth orbit, lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 16, 2025.

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That mission, Ax-4, is Axiom's fourth crewed flight to the International Space Station (ISS). It was slated to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on June 11, but a liquid oxygen leak discovered in the booster delayed things by a day. That was followed by the detection of another leak, but this time at Ax-4's orbital destination.

This year's launch cadence is outpacing last year's by 3½ weeks on Florida's Space Coast: The 50th orbital launch of 2024 did not occur until July 8.

SpaceX has now launched 73 Falcon 9 missions in 2025, of which 55 have been in support of the Starlink service. Friday's mission followed a Starlink launch on Thursday evening from California, which marked the 500th overall Falcon flight.

United Launch Alliance scrubbed Monday an attempt for what would have been its second launch of the year, another mission for Amazon’s effort to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink internet

A bright light flying across the night sky Monday caught the eyes of many San Diegans. SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket around 8:30 p.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. The rocket launch could be seen from all across San Diego County,