Blastoff! SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from the Cape, nails landing

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 21 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Feb. 8, 2025 at 2:18 p.m. EST (1918 GMT). The Falcon 9's first stage landed on the drone ship "A Shortfall of Gravitas" in the Altlantic Ocean shortly after stage separation. Credit: SpaceX