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December 11, 2025

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[ December 11, 2025 ] Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9
[ December 10, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 160th Falcon 9 rocket of 2025 Falcon 9
[ December 9, 2025 ] SpaceX launches classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office Falcon 9
[ December 9, 2025 ] Soyuz safely lands in Kazakhstan Mission Reports
[ December 7, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 3,000th Starlink satellite in 2025 on record-setting 32nd flight of Falcon 9 booster Falcon 9

Falcon 9

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

December 11, 2025

The Starlink 6-90 mission will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket flying a south-easterly trajectory after leaving from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff from pad 40 is scheduled for 3:26 p.m. EST (2026 UTC).

SpaceX launches 160th Falcon 9 rocket of 2025

December 10, 2025

The Starlink 15-11 mission added another 27 broadband internet satellites to the low Earth orbit megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 3:40 a.m. PST (6:40 a.m. EST / 1140 UTC).
SpaceX launches classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office

December 9, 2025

The mission, dubbed NROL-77, was the final time SpaceX uses Landing Zone 2 to recover a first stage Falcon booster. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 2:16 p.m. EST (1916 UTC).

Soyuz safely lands in Kazakhstan

December 9, 2025

A NASA astronaut and two cosmonaut crewmates strapped into their Soyuz ferry ship Monday evening, undocked from the International Space Station and plunged to an on-target landing on the frigid steppe of Kazakhstan early Tuesday to wrap up an eight-month mission.
SpaceX launches 3,000th Starlink satellite in 2025 on record-setting 32nd flight of Falcon 9 booster

December 7, 2025

The Starlink 6-92 mission also represents the 575th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket to date. SpaceX scheduled liftoff for Monday, Dec. 8, at 5:26 p.m. EST (2226 UTC) following a weather scrub on Sunday.
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

December 7, 2025

The Starlink 11-15 mission will add another 28 broadband internet satellites to the company’s low Earth orbit constellation. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 9:58 a.m. PST (12:58 p.m. EST / 1758 UTC).
International Space Station prepares for new commander, heads into final five years of planned operations

December 5, 2025

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke will take command of the orbiting outpost as Expedition 74 begins with the undocking of Soyuz MS-27 on Monday, Dec. 8. The International Space Station is set to be de-orbited around 2030 or soon thereafter.
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

December 4, 2025

The Starlink 11-25 mission saw the Falcon 9 rocket fly on a south-easterly trajectory upon leaving the pad. SpaceX completed liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:42 p.m. PST (3:42 p.m. EST / 2042 UTC).
Orion hatch ‘blemish’ delays launch day rehearsal for Artemis 2 astronauts

December 4, 2025

The hatch issue caused NASA to modify its prelaunch preparations within the Vehicle Assembly Building but it continues to target an early February launch of the mission to carry four astronauts on a loop around the Moon.
Jared Isaacman makes second appeal for NASA administrator position

December 3, 2025

This will be the second hearing for the commercial astronaut, billionaire and entrepreneur following his first go around in April. This hearing is scheduled for Dec. 3 beginning at 10 a.m. EST (1500 UTC).
Sunset SpaceX launch adds 29 more Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit

December 2, 2025

The launch was the 350th overall orbital launch from Space Launch Complex 40. SpaceX executed liftoff of the Starlink 6-95 mission at 5:18 p.m. EST (2218 UTC).
Arianespace launches South Korean Earth observation satellite on Vega-C flight

December 2, 2025

The mission was the sixth launch of a Vega-C rocket to date. Liftoff from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana occurred at 2:21 p.m. local time (12:21 p.m. EST / 1721 UTC).
SpaceX launches evening Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

December 1, 2025

The Starlink 15-10 mission added 27 broadband internet satellites into the low Earth orbit constellation. SpaceX accomplished liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 9:28 p.m. PST (12:28 a.m. EST / 0528 UTC).

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