— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 13, 2025 The first-stage booster made its 21st launch with a recovery landing downrange on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic. It marked the 50th orbital launch from the Space Coast for the year with all but two coming from SpaceX. The other two were from Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance. The Space Coast saw a record 93 launches in 2024 with 88 from SpaceX. At the beginning of the year, Space Force said the Eastern Range was prepared to support as many as 156 launches for the year. While not on that pace, it is on target to surpass 100 launches for the year. Blue Origin debuted its New Glenn in January but it’s not expected to fly again until summer at the earliest. ULA had its first launch of the year in April using one of its remaining Atlas V rockets on the first of dozens of missions planned to help proliferate the Project Kuiper constellation of internet satellites for Amazon, which seeks to compete with Starlink. That first flight took up 27 satellites and a second mission with another 27 is slated for as early as Monday when a ULA Atlas V aims to launch from Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 41 during a window from 1:25-1:55 p.m. Amazon had bought up nine of ULA’s remaining Atlas V rockets, using one in 2023 for a pair of test satellites for Project Kuiper followed by the April mission. ULA has 14 left with half, including Monday’s planned mission, for Amazon launches. ULA’s plans are to begin using its new, larger Vulcan rocket for Amazon missions. Amazon bought up 38 launches on Vulcan as well as flights with Blue Origin, Arianespace, and even SpaceX, as it tries to get more than 3,200 of its satellites into orbit by 2028. Meanwhile, SpaceX has launched nearly 9,000 of its Starlink satellites since the first operational mission in 2019. Falcon completes its 500th overall mission! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team for making the impossible possible on the road to rapidly reusable rockets! pic.twitter.com/znQPnAw6az