Falcon 9 SpaceX flies 24 Starlink satellites on its 100th Falcon 9 rocket launch of 2025 August 17, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith The Starlink 17-5 mission will add another 24 broadband satellites to the company’s constellation of more than 8,100 currently in orbit. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 4E at 9:26 a.m. PDT (12:26 p.m. EDT / 1626 UTC).