A Falcon 9 rocket launched SpaceX 's Starlink 6-74 mission Thursday night, April 24, out of Florida's Space Coast. Liftoff occurred at 9:52 p.m. ET (0152 GMT, April 25) from Launch Complex-40 (LC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The booster returned to Earth and touched down atop the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean roughly 8½ minutes after liftoff.

SpaceX achieved a milestone on April 24, 2025, with the successful Starlink 6-74 mission, launching 28 satellites into low Earth orbit. This launch, part of SpaceX's mission to provide global high-speed internet,