🚀 Falcon 9 | 🛰 Starlink Group 12-10
Launch date: April 29, 2025 02:34 UTC
Payload: Starlink Group 12-10
Location: Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Vehicle: Falcon 9
On April 29, 2025 at 02:34 UTC, SpaceX launched the Starlink Group 12-10 mission using a brand-new Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The mission delivered 23 Starlink satellites—including v2 Mini and 13 with Direct-to-Cell capability—into a low-Earth orbit inclined at 43 degrees. The booster, believed to be B1094, made a successful droneship landing on ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas.’ This marked SpaceX’s 50th Falcon 9 launch of the year, with rapid successive launches including another Starlink mission just hours earlier. Of the 50 Falcon 9 flights in 2025, 33 supported Starlink launches. Weather conditions were generally favorable, with only minor concerns regarding clouds.
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LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) is one of the most significant and iconic launch pads in spaceflight history, situated at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida. Constructed in the 1960s for the Apollo program, it was the launch site of Apollo 11—the first crewed mission to land on the Moon—and later adapted for the Space Shuttle program, supporting dozens of launches over several decades.
In 2014, NASA began leasing LC-39A to SpaceX, marking a new era for the launch site. SpaceX has extensively modified the facility to support Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches, and is further upgrading the pad for Starship missions. The site is a focal point for both crewed and uncrewed flights to the International Space Station, national security launches, and commercial missions, continuing its legacy as a cornerstone of American space exploration.