Tonight's launch was SpaceX's 68th Falcon 9 mission of 2025 and 71st overall liftoff so far this year. The additional three were test flights of Starship, SpaceX's next-generation super-heavy-lift rocket, which most recently launched on May 27.

SpaceX early Tuesday launched a Falcon 9 rocket loaded with a batch of Starlink satellites into space from the East Coast.

SpaceX has scheduled a rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday afternoon. The Falcon 9 rocket is slated to launch of 27 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East.