SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, marking the 300th orbital launch of 2025

On Dec. 11 SpaceX launched 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s LC‑40, using a flight‑proven Falcon 9 first stage and the fastest pad turnaround recorded to date. The liftoff marked the 300th orbital launch worldwide in 2025.

Discovered 2025-12-10T17:48:32.117147-08:00 | 2025-12-10T17:48:32.117147-08:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The 29‑satellite mission and record pad turnaround underscore SpaceX’s sustained high launch cadence, continuing a tempo that produced dozens of Falcon 9 missions earlier in 2025 (see the company’s earlier Falcon 9 mission counts: https://hype.aero/?story=fd38926f-dfe5-4483-a8d6-227fe7d660ee).
  • This flight coincides with the 300th orbital launch worldwide in 2025, highlighting growing launch demand and operational pressure on Cape Canaveral and regional infrastructure (context on recent Space Coast launch activity: https://hype.aero/?story=32b53609-ffcf-4b2b-aa04-9fe6a6685d3d).
  • Continued Starlink deployments—following a year that has seen thousands of V2 Mini satellites launched—represent significant capacity expansion for commercial and government users and tie into SpaceX’s larger constellation scaling plans (Starlink V2 Mini deployment context: https://hype.aero/?story=7c8b72ad-b7bc-4dcf-947b-60cf1093dba2).

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2025-12-10T17:48:32.117147-08:00
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2025-12-11T21:22:20.777616-08:00
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