🚀 Falcon 9 | 🛰 Starlink Group 6-83
Launch date: May 13, 2025 05:02 UTC
Payload: Starlink Group 6-83
Location: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Vehicle: Falcon 9
After a weather-related scrub, SpaceX launched the Starlink Group 6-83 mission on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 05:02 UTC (1:02 AM EDT) from Kennedy Space Center LC-39A. Falcon 9 booster B1067 flew for a record 28th time and landed on ‘Just Read the Instructions’ in the Atlantic Ocean. The payload consisted of 28 Starlink v2 Mini satellites added to SpaceX’s growing broadband constellation, which now comprises around 7,400 operational satellites. The launch was delayed from the originally planned May 12 liftoff due to adverse weather. This was the 57th Falcon 9 mission of 2025, highlighting both the company’s fast launch cadence and ongoing Starlink expansion.
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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.