SpaceX Starlink 249 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 25 April 2025
Apr 25, 2025
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 28 Starlink satellites (Starlink-249 / Starlink 6-74) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 25 April 2025, at 01:52 UTC (24 April, at 21:52 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1069) previously supported 22 missions: CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 15, SES-18/SES-19 and 18 Starlink missions.