🚀 Falcon 9 | 🛰 Starlink Group 6-84
Launch date: May 4, 2025 08:54 UTC
Payload: Starlink Group 6-84 (29 smallsats)
Location: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Centre, Florida
Vehicle: Falcon 9
On May 4, 2025, SpaceX launched 29 Starlink satellites (Group 6-84) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 08:54 UTC (4:54 a.m. EDT) in foggy weather and with a 60% chance of favorable conditions. This marked the 20th flight for booster B1078, which successfully landed on ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas.’ The mission set a record for the largest batch of V2 Mini satellites, delivering them to a 530 km, 43-degree inclination orbit. With this launch, SpaceX has flown nearly 8,500 Starlink satellites, with more than 7,300 operational in LEO. This was the 95th orbital launch globally of 2025 and SpaceX’s 52nd Falcon 9 launch of the year.
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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.