Two Big Launches, Two Continents: Falcon 9’s Starlink Push in December 2025

Night Launch from California: 27 Satellites Added to Starlink

On the night of December 1, 2025, a Falcon 9 rocket soared from Vandenberg Space Force Base (pad SLC-4E) in California — delivering 27 new Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. The liftoff occurred at 9:28 p.m. PST (Dec 2, 05:28 UTC), and about an hour later all satellites were successfully deployed. 

The reusable first-stage booster made yet another pinpoint landing on SpaceX’s droneship “Of Course I Still Love You,” demonstrating again how reuse and cadence have become a signature strength of Super-light launchers. 

This California-side launch underscores how Starlink expansion isn’t just a Florida-coast story — it’s a global, coast-to-coast effort. The new batch of satellites will support higher coverage and capacity for Starlink users — especially in higher-latitude regions or remote communities where ground-based internet infrastructure is thin or non-existent.

Late-Night Florida Launch: 29 Satellites Lift Off from Cape Canaveral 

Barely 24 hours later, on December 2, 2025, Falcon 9 was back in action — this time from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (pad SLC-40) — sending 29 more Starlink satellites into orbit. According to reports, the deployment was confirmed shortly after 03:50 a.m. EST. 

As with the West-Coast mission, this second launch adds more capacity to the Starlink mega-constellation, reinforcing network redundancy, improving global internet coverage, and enabling better service worldwide — whether in urban zones, remote regions, or even at sea.

The Florida-launch further underscores how high-cadence launches from multiple pads (both coasts) are now standard for Starlink operations.

What It Says About Starlink — and the Future of Connectivity

• High-cadence, global deployment: Two launches within a day — one from the U.S. West Coast and another from the East — show that Starlink is being built out rapidly and globally. It’s not just one pad or one region: launches now operate almost like airline flights, continually restocking the constellation.

• Reusability delivering value: Both launches used reusable first-stage boosters that landed successfully — reflecting how economies of reuse are real, enabling lower-cost, frequent launches.

• Global network in progress: With both polar/near-polar and mid-inclination launches, Starlink continues to build an infrastructure meant to offer broadband almost anywhere on Earth: remote communities, maritime zones, high latitude countries — even regions underserved by terrestrial ISPs.

• Space infrastructure maturing: The rapid, routine cadence suggests that satellite internet is evolving from “experiments” into full-blown infrastructure — akin to undersea fiber cables or satellite-ground networks.