SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida

SpaceX launched its Starlink 6-93 mission on May 6 from Cape Canaveral, deploying 28 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit.

The Falcon 9 rocket’s booster, B1085, successfully landed on the drone ship Just Read the Instructions after its seventh flight.

This marks SpaceX’s 53rd Falcon 9 launch of 2025 and the 36th Starlink mission this year, adding to a constellation now exceeding 7,200 satellites providing global internet coverage, Space.com has reported.

Written by B.C. Begley