A Falcon 9 rocket launched SpaceX 's Starlink 6-75 mission Thursday night (May 1) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) in Florida. The Space Coast liftoff occurred at 9:51 p.m. EDT (0151 GMT on May 2) from CCSFS's Launch Complex-40 (LC-40) .

SpaceX launched 28 Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral on May 1, 2025. This was the 18th flight for the reusable first-stage booster, which landed on a drone ship. The next Starlink mission,

In 2019, a mere 18 rockets launched into orbit from Florida's Space Coast. That number has already more than doubled thus far this year, with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA's neighboring Kennedy Space Center hosting 37 liftoffs.