Falcon 9 (2025)

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Falcon 9 is a partially reusable two-stage medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured by the American aerospace company SpaceX. Both the first and second stages are powered by SpaceX Merlin engines and the first stage is capable of re-entering the atmosphere and landing vertically after separating from the second stage. Falcon 9 can lift payloads of up to 22,800 kilograms (50,300 lb) to low Earth orbit (LEO) and 8,300 kg (18,300 lb) to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). Due to the great success of the Falcon 9, it is often used today to launch commercial payloads such as communications satellites. Falcon 9 has been considered as the world's most advanced space launch vehicle and as of January 2021, this launch vehicle has the most launches among all U.S. rockets currently in operation. Learn all about the different commercial unmanned launches of the Falcon 9 rocket from the American space company SpaceX in 2025 thanks to this overview!

2025 Falcon 9 commercial launch overview

Date launch Rocket Launch base Orbit Payload & operator Payload mass Patch Mission succes?
04/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • UAE Thuraya-4 NGS (Thuraya)
 5,000 kg Thuraya 4

Success
06/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 23 x Starlink v2 mini Group 6-71 (SpaceX)
 18,400 kg Starlink

Success
08/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 21 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-11 (SpaceX)
 16,500 kg Starlink

Success
10/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 21 x Starshield (NRO)
 Unknown NROL

Success
10/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 21 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-12 (SpaceX)
 16,500 kg Starlink

Success
13/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 21 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-4 (SpaceX)
 16,500 kg Starlink

Success
14/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 SSO
  • Argentina ÑuSat 45 (Satellogic S.A.) NuSat
  • Australia Centauri 7 (Fleet Space Tech.)
  • Australia Centauri 8 (Fleet Space Tech.)
  • France BRO 16 (UnseenLabs)
  • Germany FOREST 3 (Orora Technologies)
  • Germany InnoCubE (TU Berlin)
  • Germany SIGI (MBS)
  • Italy IRIDE-MS2-HEO 1 (ASI)
  • India 3 x Firefly (Pixxel)
  • Norway NOSAT 4 (Norsk Romsenter)
  • Pakistan PAUSAT 1 (Pakistan Air Univ.)
  • Spain ANSER L-S (INTA)
  • Spain 3 x FossaSat (FossaSat)
  • Thailand LOGSATS (EOS Orbit)
  • Taiwan IRIS F2 (NCKU)
  • Taiwan IRIS F3 (NCKU)
  • Turkey 4 x Connecta-IoT (Plan-S)
  • UAE MBZ-SAT (MBRSC)
  • USA 36 x Flock-4g (Planet Labs)
  • USA 3 x Gray Jay (DRDC)
  • USA 6 x Lemur-2 (Spire Global) Lemur-2
  • USA Pelican 2 (Planet Labs)
  • USA Ray 1 (Inversion Space)
  • USA TechEdSat 22 (NASA Ames)
  • USA W-Series 2 (Varda Space) W-Series
 Unknown Transporter-12

Success
15/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 TLI
  • USA Blue Ghost Mission 1 (Firefly Aerospace)
  • Japan Hakuto-R Mission 2 (ispace)
 2,517 kg Blue Ghost Mission 1

Success
21/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 21 x Starlink v2 mini Group 13-1 (SpaceX)
 15,300 kg Starlink

Success
21/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 27 x Starlink v2 mini Group 11-8 (SpaceX)
 15,500 kg Starlink

Success
24/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 23 x Starlink v2 mini Group 11-6 (SpaceX)
 17,100 kg Starlink

Success
27/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 21 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-7 (SpaceX)
 16,500 kg Starlink

Success
30/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 GTO
  • Spain Spainsat NG1 (Hisdesat)
 6,100 kg Starlink

Success
01/02/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 22 x Starlink v2 mini Group 11-4 (SpaceX)
 16,700 kg Starlink

Success
04/02/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 21 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-3 (SpaceX)
 16,500 kg Starlink

Success
04/02/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA WorldView Legion 5 (Maxar)
  • USA WorldView Legion 6 (Maxar)
 1,500 kg WorldView Legion

Success
08/02/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 21 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-9 (SpaceX)
 16,500 kg Starlink

Success
11/02/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 23 x Starlink v2 mini Group 11-10 (SpaceX)
 17,100 kg Starlink

Success
11/02/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 21 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-18 (SpaceX)
 16,500 kg Starlink

Success
15/02/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 21 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-8 (SpaceX)
 16,500 kg Starlink

Success
18/02/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 23 x Starlink v2 mini Group 10-12 (SpaceX)
 17,100 kg Starlink

Success
21/02/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 23 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-14 (SpaceX)
 17,100 kg Starlink

Success
23/02/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 22 x Starlink v2 mini Group 15-01 (SpaceX)
 16,800 kg Starlink

Success
27/02/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 TLI
  • USA IM-2 Nova-C (Intuitive Machines)
  • USA Lunar Trailblazer (NASA/Caltech)
  • USA Odin (AstroForge)
  • USA Chimera GEO-1 (Epic Aerospace)
 Unknown IM-2

Success
27/02/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 21 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-13 (SpaceX)
 16,500 kg Starlink

Success
03/03/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 21 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-20 (SpaceX)
 16,500 kg Starlink

Success
12/03/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 SSO
  • USA SPHEREx (NASA)
  • USA PUNCH-NFI (SwRI)
  • USA PUNCH-WF1 (SwRI)
  • USA PUNCH-WF2 (SwRI)
  • USA PUNCH-WF3 (SwRI)
 758 kg Starlink

Success
13/03/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 21 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-21 (SpaceX)
 16,500 kg Starlink

Success
15/03/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 SSO
  • Australia 6 x HERMES-SP (HERMES-SP Consortium)
  • Bahrain Al Munther (NSSA)
  • Botswana Botsat 1 (Botswana International University)
  • Israel 9 x Tevel 2 (Herzliya Science center)
  • Italy ION-SCV 017 (D-Orbit)
  • South Korea JinjuSat 1
  • South Korea SpaceEye-T (Satrec Initiative)
  • UK Unicorn 2O (Alba Orbital)
  • UK Unicorn 2P (Alba Orbital)
  • UK Unicorn 2Q (Alba Orbital)
  • USA AeroCube 18A (The Aerospace Corporation)
  • USA AeroCube 18B (The Aerospace Corporation)
  • USA Clarity 1 (Albedo)
  • USA DROID.002 (Turion)
  • USA EZIE A (Johns Hopkins University)
  • USA EZIE B (Johns Hopkins University)
  • USA EZIE C (Johns Hopkins University)
  • USA FireSat 0 (Muon Space)
  • USA M-SEL (Astro Digital)
  • USA OrCa 2b (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • USA OTP 2 (Rogue Space Systems)
  • USA Tomorrow S5 (Tomorrow.io)
  • USA Tomorrow S6 (Tomorrow.io)
  • USA W-Series 2 (Varda Space) W-Series
  • USA YAM 8 (Loft Orbital)
 Unknown Starlink

Success
15/03/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 23 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-16 (SpaceX)
 17,100 kg Starlink

Success
18/03/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 23 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-25 (SpaceX)
 17,100 kg Starlink

Success
21/03/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA NROL-57 (NRO)
 Unknown NRO

Success
24/03/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA NROL-69 (USSF)
 Unknown NROL

Success
26/03/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 27 x Starlink v2 mini Group 11-7 (SpaceX)
 15,500 kg Starlink

Success
31/03/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 28 x Starlink v2 mini Group 6-80 (SpaceX)
 16,100 kg Starlink

Success
04/04/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 27 x Starlink v2 mini Group 11-13 (SpaceX)
 15,500 kg Starlink

Success
06/04/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 28 x Starlink v2 mini Group 6-72 (SpaceX)
 16,100 kg Starlink

Success
07/04/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 27 x Starlink v2 mini Group 11-11 (SpaceX)
 15,500 kg Starlink

Success
12/04/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA NROL-192 (NRO)
 Unknown Starlink

Success
13/04/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 21 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-17 (SpaceX)
 15,300 kg Starlink

Success
14/04/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 27 x Starlink v2 mini Group 6-73 (SpaceX)
 15,500 kg Starlink

Success
20/04/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA NROL-145 (NRO)
 Unknown Starlink

Success
22/04/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • South KoreaKORSAT 3 (South Korea)
  • GermanyPhoenix 1 (ATMOS Space Cargo)
  • USATomorrow S7 (Tomorrow.io)
 Unknown Starlink

Success
25/04/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 28 x Starlink v2 mini Group 6-74 (SpaceX)
 16,100 kg Starlink

Success
28/04/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 23 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-23 (SpaceX)
 17,100 kg Starlink

Success
28/04/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 27 x Starlink v2 mini Group 11-9 (SpaceX)
 15,500 kg Starlink

Success
29/04/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 23 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-10 (SpaceX)
 17,100 kg Starlink

Success
02/05/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 28 x Starlink v2 mini Group 6-75 (SpaceX)
 16,100 kg Starlink

Success
04/05/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 29 x Starlink v2 mini Group 06-84 (SpaceX)
 16,675 kg Starlink

Success
07/05/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 28 x Starlink v2 mini Group 6-93 (SpaceX)
 16,100 kg Starlink

Success
10/05/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 26 x Starlink v2 mini Group 15-3 (SpaceX)
 14,950 kg Starlink

Success
10/05/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 28 x Starlink v2 mini Group 6-91 (SpaceX)
 16,100 kg Starlink

Success
13/05/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 26 x Starlink v2 mini Group 15-4 (SpaceX)
 14,950 kg Starlink

Success
13/05/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 28 x Starlink v2 mini Group 06-83 (SpaceX)
 16,100 kg Starlink

Success
14/05/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 28 x Starlink v2 mini Group 6-67 (SpaceX)
 16,100 kg Starlink

Success
16/05/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 26 x Starlink v2 mini Group 15-5 (SpaceX)
 14,950 kg Starlink

Success
21/05/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 23 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-15 (SpaceX)
 17,100 kg Starlink

Success
23/05/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 27 x Starlink v2 mini Group 11-16 (SpaceX)
 15,500 kg Starlink

Success
24/05/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 23 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-22 (SpaceX)
 17,100 kg Starlink

Success
27/05/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 24 x Starlink v2 mini Group 17-1 (SpaceX)
 17,500 kg Starlink

Success
28/05/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 27 x Starlink v2 mini Group 10-32 (SpaceX)
 15,500 kg Starlink

Success
30/05/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 MEO
  • USA GPS III-8 (USSF)
 4,350 kg Starlink

Success
31/05/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 27 x Starlink v2 mini Group 11-18 (SpaceX)
 15,500 kg Starlink

Success
03/06/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 23 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-19 (SpaceX)
 17,100 kg Starlink

Success
04/06/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 27 x Starlink v2 mini Group 11-22 (SpaceX)
 15,500 kg Starlink

Success
07/06/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • USA SXM-10 (Sirius XM)
 6,400 kg Starlink

Success

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This article was published by FutureSpaceFlight founder and chief editor Kris Christiaens. Kris Christiaens has been passionate and fascinated by spaceflight and space exploration all his life and has written hundreds of articles on space projects, the commercial space industry and space missions over the past 20 years for magazines, books and websites. In late 2021, he founded the website FutureSpaceFlight with the goal of promoting new space companies and commercial space projects and compiling news of these start-ups and companies on one website.