Watch SpaceX’s Spectacular Falcon 9 Launch Live Tonight – Schedule, Streaming Links & Must-See Highlights

SpaceX pulled off its second Falcon 9 “doubleheader” of the month this weekend, lofting a combined 52 Starlink broadband satellites from opposite U.S. coasts and pushing the ever-expanding constellation past 8,000 operational spacecraft in orbit. Early Saturday (05:01 a.m. EDT, 09:01 UTC), a Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s SLC-40 with 28 next-generation Starlink V2 Mini satellites. Just 14 hours later, a sister booster roared away from Vandenberg Space Force Base’s SLC-4E at 08:55 p.m. PDT (03:55 UTC Sunday), carrying another 24 spacecraft bound for polar orbit. Key mission highlights • First-stage workhorses B1078 and B1063 notched their 22nd and 19th flights respectively, each nailing droneship landings to extend SpaceX’s record to 480 successful booster recoveries. • The Cape launch marked SpaceX’s 91st mission of 2025; the Vandenberg flight became No. 92, maintaining the company’s cadence of an average launch every 2.8 days. • Starlink now spans 115 countries after recent rollouts in Sri Lanka and Chad, and the network supported T-Mobile’s nationwide “T-Satellite” direct-to-cell debut earlier in the week. Why this launch matters Saturday’s twin launches came 48 hours after a rare two-hour global outage that briefly knocked Starlink customers offline. SpaceX engineers traced the issue to a “failure of key internal software services” and implemented fixes before flight computers were re-cleared for launch. The quick turnaround showcased the resilience of SpaceX’s vertically integrated model and underscored the company’s ability to debug, launch and scale within the same news cycle. Reusability records keep falling B1078’s 22nd flight ties it for second place on the all-time reuse list, while B1063’s 19th places it fourth. Elon Musk has repeatedly stated the Falcon 9 is qualified for “at least” 40 reflights; hitting half that milestone with multiple cores suggests upfront manufacturing costs will continue to drop, allowing SpaceX to funnel savings into its ambitious Starship-based second-generation network. What’s next on the SpaceX launch calendar • July 31: Crew-11 Dragon mission to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center LC-39A. • Early August: First of three Falcon 9 flights carrying Amazon’s Project Kuiper prototypes resumes after a July 22 regional power outage scrub. • Ongoing: At least four additional Starlink missions are manifested for August, keeping SpaceX on track for a projected 130-plus launches in 2025. How to watch future launches Live webcasts start about 15 minutes before liftoff on SpaceX’s YouTube channel and X feed. In Florida, Jetty Park and Playalinda Beach offer unobstructed views of Cape launches, while Californians flock to Vandenberg’s Hawk’s Nest Viewpoint and surrounding coastal highways for dusk rocket trails. Bottom line From record-setting booster reuse to same-day coast-to-coast operations, SpaceX’s latest Starlink doubleheader reinforces the company’s dominant share of the global launch market and its lead in satellite-internet coverage—momentum it aims to carry into the upcoming Crew-11 astronaut flight and an increasingly crowded LEO broadband race.