SpaceX performed the 100th Falcon 9 rocket launch of 2025, delivering 28 Starlink satellites to orbit
On October 31, SpaceX performed a landmark 100th Starlink satellite launch of 2025. The Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, delivering 28 more satellites to low Earth orbit.
What is known
This is already the 138th Falcon 9 launch this year, of which 99 were dedicated solely to the expansion of Starlink — the largest satellite system in history. In total, SpaceX has launched over 10,000 satellites into orbit, of which almost 8,800 remain active.
Watch Falcon 9 launch 28 @Starlink satellites to orbit from California https://t.co/OTOiWONK7j
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 31, 2025
The first stage of the rocket returned to Earth 8.5 minutes after launch, landing on the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" in the Pacific Ocean. This was already the 29th flight of the first stage of this rocket with tail number 1063. Previously, the maximum number of re-flights reached 31.
Source: Space.com
