SpaceX sends up Space Coast’s 90th launch of the year

SpaceX took flight again Wednesday on the 90th orbital launch on the Space Coast in 2025.

Watch Falcon 9 launch 29 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida https://t.co/ihefb4eFEt

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 29, 2025

A Falcon 9 on the Starlink 10-37 mission carried up another 29 of the company’s internet satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 with liftoff at 12:35 p.m.

The first-stage booster flew for the 15th time with another successful recovery landing downrange on the droneship Just Read the Instructions stationed in the Atlantic.

SpaceX has flown all but five of the orbital missions from either CCSFS or Kennedy Space Center this year.

United Launch Alliance has sent up four others including three Atlas V rockets and one of its new Vulcan Centaur rockets. Its next launch, an Atlas V on the ViaSat-3 F2 mission, is set to lift off from Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 41 on Nov. 5 at 10:24 p.m. at opening of a 44-minute window.

The second chapter of New Glenn’s story begins tonight at LC-36. Our NG-2 launch vehicle has arrived at the pad for integrated vehicle hotfire. pic.twitter.com/CQeDlu8xB2

— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) October 29, 2025

Blue Origin had the other launch this year with the debut of its New Glenn heavy-lift rocket in Januray. The second ever launch could come in early November as well. The combined first and second stages for the NG-2 mission, which aims to send a pair of NASA satellites to Mars, were delivered to Canaveral’s Launch Complex 36 launch pad on Tuesday.

The rocket is set for a hot fire test that could then set it up for launch soon after, but Blue Origin has not announced a target launch date.

The Space Coast saw a record 93 launches in 2024. That total could be surpassed before mid-November as launch providers combined are well on their way to passing 100 missions for the year.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/29/spacex-set-for-space-coasts-90th-launch-of-the-year/