SpaceX Launches 21 Starlink Satellites Today – April 13, 2025 Mission Update

 As of April 13, 2025, SpaceX has successfully conducted several rocket launches this month. 


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On April 4, SpaceX launched the NROL-192 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, delivering approximately 22 Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. 


Most recently, on April 13, SpaceX launched the Starlink: Group12-17 mission from Kennedy Space Center. This mission deployed 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites to low Earth orbit, aiming to expand the global internet constellation. 


Looking ahead, the next planned launch is scheduled for April 14, 2025, when Falcon 9 booster B1067.27 is set to launch the Starlink: Group6-73 mission from Cape Canaveral. This mission will mark the first booster flight 27 times and will deploy 27 Starlink v2 mini satellites to low Earth orbit. 



🚀 Starlink Group 12-17 Mission

  • **Launch Time:**April 13, 2025, at 12:53 AM UTC (5:53 AM Bangladesh Time

  • **Launch Site:**Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center, Florida, US

  • **Rocket:**Falcon 9 Block 

  • **Payload:**21 Starlink v2-mini satellites, including 13 equipped with Direct to Cell capabilitie

  • **Outcome:**Successful launch and booster landing on the autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASOG) in the Atlantic Ocea citeturn0search7


🛰️ NROL-192 Mission

  • Launch Time: April 12, 2025, at 12:25 PM UTC (5:25 PM Bangladesh Tim)

  • Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E), Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, UA

  • Rocket: Falcon 9 Block5

  • Payload: Classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), supporting the NRO's proliferated architecture constellatin

  • Outcome: Successful launch with the first stage booster landing on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love Yo'



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