Falcon 9 SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket on record-breaking 31st flight October 18, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith The Starlink 10-17 mission added another 28 broadband satellites into low Earth orbit. SpaceX achieved liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 1:39 p.m. EDT (1739 UTC) towards the end of Sunday’s four-hour launch window.