SpaceX sets record with 30th Falcon 9 spaceflight

SpaceX sets record with 30th Falcon 9 spaceflight
by Andrew Sookdeo
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 28, 2025

SpaceX set a record with its 30th flight featuring Falcon 9 booster, B1067 on Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center.

The Starlink mission 10-11 placed another 28 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit; more than 1,800 of these satellites have been launched across 74 missions in 2025.

The booster landed its 30th landing coming down at sea on the SpaceX drone ship "a Shortfall of Gravitas" about 8.5 minutes after launch.

The previous missions for B1067 were 18 batches of Starlink satellites. Two astronaut flights, two cargo missions to the International Space Station.

Booster 1067's also aided the 500th Falcon 9 flight to date on July 2nd.

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