CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Despite strong winds, SpaceX successfully launched its first Starlink mission of 2025 and its second Falcon 9 launch of the year, on Monday, Jan. 6.

The company sent 24 Starlink satellites toward low-Earth orbit from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 3:43 p.m.

The launch was pushed out to the end of the launch window.

Going Up

This is the 17th flight for the first stage booster, B1077, which previously launched:

• Crew-5
• CRS-28
• Intelsat G-37
• Optus-X
• Immarsat 16-F2
• GPS III-6
• NG-20
• 9 Starlink missions

Following the stage separation, the first-stage booster landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

About the Mission

SpaceX’s 24 Starlink satellites will join thousands of others to provide internet service to many parts of the globe. 

Dr. Jonathan McDowell, of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, tracks Starlink satellites.

Before this launch, McDowell recorded the following:

• 6,895 are in orbit

• 6,176 are in operational orbit