SpaceX kicked off the week with yet another industry-shifting milestone, launching 29 additional Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit on Monday aboard a Falcon 9 booster flying for a record 32nd time. The mission lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:26 p.m. PT/5:26 p.m. ET, marking the latest achievement in what has already been a historic year for SpaceX.
The first stage booster — known as B1067 — previously supported high-profile missions including CRS-22, Crew-3, Crew-4, Turksat 5B, Koreasat-6A, Galileo L13, and now 21 Starlink flights. About two and a half minutes after liftoff, the booster separated from the upper stage and executed a smooth landing on the Just Read the Instructions droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Monday’s mission carried a fresh batch of Starlink satellites, further fueling the rapid expansion of SpaceX’s broadband constellation. This comes shortly after Elon Musk revealed that Starlink is now SpaceX’s single largest source of revenue, underscoring just how central the network has become to the company’s long-term ambitions. Watch the full launch in the video below:
The launch adds to what has already been a record-breaking 2025 for SpaceX. The company recently flew its 150th Falcon 9 mission of the year, only weeks after setting a new annual launch record with its 139th flight back in October. With Monday’s deployment, SpaceX has now completed 163 missions in 2025, including 158 Falcon 9 launches and five suborbital Starship test flights — and the year isn’t over yet.
SpaceX’s blistering launch cadence has paid off for Starlink users as well. Thanks to ongoing satellite upgrades and constellation densification, Starlink has boosted median peak-hour speeds by more than 50% across its global network this year. The company is also gearing up for its next major move: SpaceX recently filed new trademarks for Starlink Mobile, its planned satellite-powered cellular service running on spectrum it owns.
With the Falcon 9 now inching closer to its long-promised 40-flight reuse target and Starlink’s global momentum accelerating, SpaceX appears ready to close out 2025 exactly how it has spent the rest of it — setting records faster than anyone else can count. And come 2026, the spaceflight giant will debut its next-generation Starship V3 design.
