SpaceX launched their 49th mission of 2025 this evening from Cape Canaveral when the company sent the Starlink 6-74 mission to low Earth orbit aboard Falcon 9. Liftoff was at 9:52 PM EDT, right at the opening of the launch window.

After staging, Booster B1069 concluded its shift for the evening when it touched down on ASDS ‘A Shortfall Of Gravitas’, SpaceX’s automated drone ship. This was the booster’s 23rd flight, making it one of the greybeards in SpaceX’s fleet.

At 10:53 PM ET, SpaceX announced successful payload deployment, completing another successful mission for the company. This was their 475th mission.

Payload

28 Starlink satellites.

Launch Replay

Next Launch

Another group of Starlink satellites are scheduled to launch NET Sunday evening:

Mission	Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-23
Organization	SpaceX
Location	Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Rocket	Falcon 9 Block 5
Pad	Space Launch Complex 40
Status	To Be Confirmed
Status Info	Awaiting official confirmation – current date is known with some certainty.
Window Opens	Sunday, 04/27/2025 10:04:00 PM EDT
Window Closes	Monday, 04/28/2025 2:04:00 AM EDT
Destination	Low Earth Orbit
Mission Description	A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation – SpaceX’s project for a space-based Internet communication system.