The Starlink 6-67 mission was launched today, May 14, at 12:38 p.m. using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission was conducted with the fourth flight of booster B1090, used previously for SES O3b mPOWER-E, NASA Crew-10, and Bandwagon-3 missions. It landed precisely 8.5 minutes after lift-off on the A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship.
Starlink Expands Its Satellite Fleet to Over 7,000
The 28 satellites are part of SpaceX's constantly expanding Starlink mega constellation, which currently consists of over 7,000 operational satellites that offer high-speed internet coverage everywhere in the world aside from the poles.
Falcon 9: Reliability, Reusability, and Records
This was SpaceX's 58th Falcon 9 launch in 2025 and 60th mission in total this year. The Falcon 9 has flown successfully 486 times with an overall success rate of 99.38%, landing successfully on 446 of those flights. The Block 5 variants that were just launched now have a 99.76% flight success rate.
SpaceX's Continued Dominance in Spaceflight
In 2024, SpaceX ran over 130 Falcon missions, accounting for more than half of all orbital launches worldwide. It has flown each booster several times, with one booster being reused for 28 missions, while fairings were reused on more than 300 occasions.
SpaceX is targeting another Starship test flight as early as May 21, further advancing its ambitious goals in reusable, heavy-lift spaceflight technology.
