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SpaceX launches 9th Falcon 9 mission of 2025 with 21 Starlink satellites

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Liftoff

On Tuesday, January 21, 2025, SpaceX lifted off this year’s 9th Falcon 9 mission from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The mission payload included 21 Starlink satellites onboard to send in low-Earth orbit. The liftoff was a success as Falcon 9 ascended through the sky to reach orbit.

Meanwhile, the first stage was hot-staged and boostback to Earth to land on a droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

This was the 8th flight for the first stage booster and previously supported Crew-8, Polaris Dawn, CRS-31, Astrains: From One to Many, and three Starlink missions.

On the other hand, SpaceX completed the satellite deployment in around 1 hour and 5 minutes.

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