SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:28 a.m. ET on Dec. 2, deploying 27 Starlink broadband satellites. The flight was the company’s 60th mission of 2025, continuing a sustained high‑cadence campaign to expand Starlink capacity in LEO.
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The flight added 27 satellites and was SpaceX’s 60th mission of 2025, reinforcing the company’s high launch cadence and capacity growth — see the FAA decision that cleared SpaceX to increase Falcon 9 launches from 50 to as many as 120 per year (https://hype.aero/?story=def27998-0ea5-47d1-9d0a-b67a09dd468f).
Incremental Starlink capacity from missions like this directly affects the inflight connectivity market as carriers accelerate Starlink installs (see Qatar Airways’ and other fleet rollouts) and pressures rivals — context on airline adoption and competitive responses is available in recent coverage of Starlink installs and Viasat’s $2B capacity investment (https://hype.aero/?story=0fd9886c-cde3-4604-aad4-191c16968070; https://hype.aero/?story=07415456-7b2b-4e20-a563-bd68d2d3aa59).
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