CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — SpaceX on Tuesday afternoon executed another Starlink launch.  

The Falcon 9 rocket sent up Starlink 12-25 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, stated SpaceX. 

The launch window opened at 3:57 p.m. ET.

The 45th Weather Squadron gave a 95% chance of good conditions, with the only concerns being the liftoff winds rule.

Find out more about the weather criteria for a Falcon 9 launch.

Going up

This was the 19th mission for the Falcon 9's first-stage booster old B1077. It had 18 missions under its belt, with one of them being a crewed one.

1. Crew-5
2. GPS III Space Vehicle 06
3. Inmarsat I-6 F2
4. CRS-28
5. Intelsat G-37
6. NG-20
7. Optus-X
8. Starlink mission 5-10
9. Starlink mission 6-13
10. Starlink mission 6-25
11. Starlink mission 6-33
12. Starlink mission 6-43
13. Starlink mission 6-51
14. Starlink mission 6-63
15. Starlink mission 10-4
16. Starlink mission 8-11
17. Starlink mission 6-71
18. Starlink mission 12-8

After the stage separation, the first-stage rocket will land on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas that will be in the Atlantic Ocean.

About the mission

The 23 satellites from the Starlink company, owned by SpaceX, will be heading to low-Earth orbit to join the thousands already there.

Once deployed and in their orbit, they will provide internet service to many parts of Earth.

Dr. Jonathan McDowell, of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has been recording Starlink satellites.

Before this launch, McDowell recorded the following:

• 7,113 are in orbit
• 6,428 are in operational orbit