Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket — named after the Millennium Falcon — occurred at 4:54 a.m. EDT on May 4th, 2025.

That number has already more than doubled thus far this year, with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA's neighboring Kennedy Space Center hosting 37 liftoffs. Now, Space Launch Delta 45 officials project a record-breaking 107 launches may rack up this year.

The Starlink 6-75 mission launched at 9:51 p.m. on May 1 from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40, sending 28 Starlink internet satellites to orbit. Starlink provides internet to some of the most remote places on Earth, including remote communities within the United States.