By Anadolu staff
ANKARA (AA) – SpaceX on Tuesday carried out its 60th orbital launch of 2025 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex, carrying 27 Starlink internet satellites to low Earth orbit.
The new spacecraft will join SpaceX’s rapidly expanding constellation, which now exceeds 9,000 active satellites.
With the latest launch, SpaceX has now completed 60 missions in 2025 alone, the highest number of orbital flights in a single calendar year.