SpaceX just extended its single-year launch record yet again.

AFalcon 9rocket lifted off today (Nov. 5) at 8:31pm EST (0131 GMT on Nov. 6)from Space Launch Complex-40 at Florida’sCape Canaveral Space Force Stationcarrying 29 of SpaceX’sStarlinkinternet satellites towardlow Earth orbit(LEO).

It was the 141st Falcon 9 liftoff of 2025 and SpaceX’s 146th launch of the year overall. The company has also launched five suborbital test flights of itsStarshipmegarocket so far this year.

SpaceX has increased its launch cadence every year since 2019, when it conducted 13 orbital flights. In 2024, SpaceX launched 138 missions, 134 of them orbital and the other four Starship test flights.

Starlink has been a huge driver of the recent boom in Falcon 9 launches. than 100 of this year’s flights, for example, have been devoted to building out the Starlink megaconstellation.

Previous Booster 1094 missions

Today’s liftoff was the fifth for this Falcon 9’s first stage, a booster designated 1094. It previously launched three missions to theInternational Space Station—  two of them crewed —  andStarlink 12-10.

After stage separation today, B1094 performed deceleration and landing burns to safely touch down on SpaceX’s “Just Read the Instructions” droneship in the Atlantic Ocean about 8.5 minutes after liftoff.

The Falcon 9’s upper stage, meanwhile, continued carrying the 29 Starlink satellites toward LEO, where were deployed on schedule about an hour into flight. They’re joiningthan 8,800other spacecraft in the Starlink megaconstellation, which provides wireless internet service to customers across the globe.