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SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from California today (Feb. 1).
Today's flight was the 17th launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description. Thirteen of its 17 flights have been Starlink missions.
The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued carrying the 22 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. It will deploy them there about 61 minutes after liftoff.
SpaceX has now launched 14 Falcon 9 missions in 2025, nine of them Starlink flights.
The Starlink megaconstellation -- the biggest ever assembled -- currently consists of more than 6,900 operational spacecraft, according to astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell.