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Last year, SpaceX launched 132 Falcon 9 flights, two missions of the more powerful Falcon Heavy and four suborbital trials of its Starship megarocket. The Falcon Heavy has not flown yet in 2025; SpaceX's other five missions this year have been Starship test flights.
The company is cracking down when many 'pig butchering' scammers in Southeast Asia have been using Starlink's satellite internet to operate from compounds in remote areas.
Campaigners say Starlink technology has enabled crime syndicates to operate from locations along the Thai-Myanmar border.
SpaceX still has a number of Falcon 9 rocket launches planned in October from the Vandenberg Space Force Base. Here's a look.
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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites to orbit on Falcon 9 rocket's record-breaking 31st flight (video)
A Falcon 9 carrying 28 of SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellites lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 1:39 p.m. EDT (1639 GMT). It was the record-breaking 31st mission for this Falcon 9's first stage, a booster designated 1067.
Muon Space is integrating SpaceX's 'mini space lasers' into its own satellite network, providing a way to access Starlink for real-time data connectivity.
U.S. Space Force awards $1B in launch contracts to SpaceX and ULA for vital military satellite missions, boosting national security space capabilities.
SpaceX signed the nearly $3 billion government contract in 2021. It helped solidify the fledgling company as a powerhouse in space travel as the country with the most advanced space program gave it the stamp of approval. Since then, SpaceX’s valuation has ballooned from $100 billion to reports of over $400 billion.