SpaceX launches 21 Starlink -Satellites from Florida

On February 11, 2025By Littum

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink -Internet -Satellites from Florida’s Space Coast on Saturday (February 8).

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capacity, is lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Saturday, at. 14:18 EST (1918 GMT).

Falcon 9’s first phase returned to the ground about eight minutes after lifting. It touched the Atlantic Ocean on the drone ship “A deficit of gravitas.”

A black and white rocket is launched from into a blue sky — A SpaceX Falcon 9 -rocket launched 21 more of the company’s Starlink Internet satellites for circuits from Florida’s Space Coast on Saturday (February 8). (Image Credit: SpaceX via x)

It was the 17th launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX Mission Description. Twelve of its 16 flights to date have been Starlink missions.

The top phase of Falcon 9 in the meantime continued to carry the 21 Starlink satellites to Low Earth Orbit to insert them there approx. 65 minutes after lifting.

Related: Starlink Satellit Train: How to see and track it on the night sky

The first phase of a rocket stands vertically against a blue sky with white clouds after landing on a sea -based droneship

The first phase of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands vertically after landing on a sea-based drone in the Atlantic on February 8, 2025. (Image Credit: SpaceX via x)

SpaceX has now launched 17 Falcon 9 missions in 2025, 11 of them StarLink flights.

The company also has another launch under its belt – on January 16 test flight of its Starship Megarocket, which was a partial success. Starships super heavy first step returned to the launch tower for a “chopstick” catch as planned, but the upper step of the vehicle exploded approx. 8.5 minutes after launch, apparently due to a drift midwalk.