SpaceX launches X-37B for Space Force
SpaceX tonight successfully launched the Space Force’s X-37B mini-shuttle, its Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
This is the eighth mission for the Space Force’s two X-37Bs. It appears this flight is fourth for this particular X-37B, but this is not confirmed. Nor do we know how long this particular will last in orbit.
SpaceX’s first stage completed its sixth flight, landing back at Cape Canaveral. The fairing halves completed their first and second flights respectively.
The leaders in the 2025 launch race:
102 SpaceX
47 China
11 Rocket Lab
11 Russia
SpaceX now leads the rest of the world in successful launches, 102 to 82.
SpaceX tonight successfully launched the Space Force’s X-37B mini-shuttle, its Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
This is the eighth mission for the Space Force’s two X-37Bs. It appears this flight is fourth for this particular X-37B, but this is not confirmed. Nor do we know how long this particular will last in orbit.
SpaceX’s first stage completed its sixth flight, landing back at Cape Canaveral. The fairing halves completed their first and second flights respectively.
The leaders in the 2025 launch race:
102 SpaceX
47 China
11 Rocket Lab
11 Russia
SpaceX now leads the rest of the world in successful launches, 102 to 82.