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SpaceX maintained its quick Starlink deployment campaign on Tuesday night (May 6), launching 28 additional broadband satellites into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launch occurred at 9:17 p.m. EDT (0117 GMT on May 7) from Launch Complex-40, marking the company's 53rd Falcon 9 flight in 2025 and the 36th dedicated Starlink mission this year. The payload provides global internet access by contributing to SpaceX's rapidly increasing constellation of approximately 7,200 Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit.
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 28 Starlink satellites, and the booster lands smoothly at sea
According to Space.com, B1085, the reusable first-stage booster, made a faultless main engine cut roughly 2.5 minutes after launch, followed by stage separation and a retrograde burn to arrest its fall. B1085 successfully landed on the autonomous drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean about eight minutes after launch. The mission was the seventh flight for this booster, which had previously supported two prior Starlink missions.
Approximately one hour after launch, the Falcon 9's upper stage proceeded into orbit, deploying the 28 Starlink satellites. These freshly deployed units will spend several days correcting their placements before being integrated into the larger Starlink network, which currently covers the majority of the world save the polar areas. Each satellite, tiny yet equipped with massive solar arrays, is part of a wider system that delivers high-speed satellite internet.
SpaceX's May 6 flight highlights its rapid progress towards meeting broadband aspirations. In addition to Falcon 9 missions, the corporation has undertaken two Starship test flights this year to demonstrate improvements in satellite launch and heavy-lift capacity.
An growing constellation would eventually provide dependable internet access to rural areas throughout the planet. Our goal is to provide dependable internet access to rural locations worldwide, bringing the globe closer together.
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