SpaceX Launches 28 Starlink Satellites as Booster B1069 Flies for 26th Time

SpaceX successfully launched 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit on July 30, 2025, from Cape Canaveral. The Starlink 10-29 mission lifted off at 11:37 p.m. EDT aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, marking the 96th launch of the year for SpaceX. After payload separation, the rocket’s first stage, booster B1069, landed flawlessly on the droneship “Just Read the Instructions” — its 26th mission, a testament to the company’s reusability strategy.

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