Spacex was distinguished by the 60th Falcon 9 trip in 2025 by launching the new Falcon 9 Booster missile on May 20. This 23 Starlink v2 mini missile carries satellites in the low -Earth orbit. Among these, 13 features directly to cell capabilities. Originally, it was targeting 11:58 pm EST on May 19 (0358 UTC on May 20) for the launch, but that attempt was thwarted immediately before take -off, for reasons that the company did not explain immediately. It was finally launched on Tuesday (May 20) at 11:19 pm EST (0319 GMT on May 21) from the 40th space launch complex at the Cape Capeeral Fores Fores station in Florida.
About launch
According to To a spaxx mission overview, this was the first launch of this first stage of Falcon 9 (Booster B1095). Although the latest SPaceX tasks have re -used Falcon 9 Boosters, a signature part of the company’s strategy to save costs and sustainability, the Tuesday trip appeared for the first time in the first stage.
The missile successfully completed its initial mission, separated from the upper stage about two and a half minutes after taking off. After about eight minutes, the supporter has accurately fell on the SPACEX drone “Read the instructions”, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. This smooth recovery paves the way to reuse the missile in the future.
Technical progress
Of the 23 satellites on the plane, 13 years are equipped with direct technology to the cell-a feature that aims to enable satellite connection directly for mobile phones, especially in areas that lack the ground infrastructure. After reaching the space, the second stage of the missile conducted a short orbit trading engine before the deployment of satellites after about 65 minutes of launch.
Starlink is the largest group of satellites that have ever created, which consists of about 7500 operating satellites at the present time. This number is growing all the time, as it appears on Tuesday’s work.
