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SpaceX scrubbed the planned year-end Falcon 9 launch of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM3 Earth-observation satellite from Vandenberg Space Force Base due to a ground system issue at the launch pad. While the rocket and Italian payload remain healthy, additional troubleshooting and checks are underway, and a new target launch date has yet to be confirmed.

SpaceX’s mission, as articulated by Elon Musk, centers on expanding human consciousness into space to better understand the universe. This vision has remained consistent since the early days of Falcon 1, with launch vehicle concepts like Falcon X and Falcon XX foreshadowing today’s Starship program. Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy served as critical stepping stones, while Starship represents SpaceX’s long-term commitment to Mars, deep-space exploration, and civilization-scale progress beyond Earth.

SpaceX celebrated a milestone in 2025 when a Falcon 9 rocket conducted its 100th launch from Florida — a Starlink mission that lifted 29 broadband satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral. The landmark underscores the rapid cadence of launches from the Space Coast this year and highlights how routine, high-frequency access to space has become for modern launch providers.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully launched 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the night of December 13–14, 2025, expanding the global satellite internet constellation. After deployment, the rocket’s reusable first stage landed on a droneship in the Pacific. The mission contributes to a growing network that provides high-speed broadband to underconnected regions worldwide.

On December 9, 2025, SpaceX launched 29 new Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. The mission expands the Starlink constellation and the rocket’s first stage landed successfully, continuing SpaceX’s track-record of reusable launches. The added satellites will help strengthen global satellite-internet coverage—especially benefiting rural, remote, or underserved regions—while demonstrating that high-frequency, cost-efficient launches are becoming the new normal in space infrastructure.