Category: Fun & Curios

Major US Launches this Week:

• SUN FL Falcon9 / Starlink (nice vid)
• MON CA Falcon9 / Starlink (clear sunset, pretty)
• WED FL Falcon9 / Starlink 
• FRI CA Falcon9 / Starlink
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Updated: 31 OCT / 1650 (all times US Eastern)
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SpaceX has officially surpassed its total number of launches from all of 2024 (138) — with more than two months still left in 2025. The company has launched over 2,500 Starlink satellites in 2025 alone.

An absolutely incredible pace of progress 🚀 pic.twitter.com/gIZWOYXaqX

— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) October 28, 2025

NOTE:
It ain’t so much that things ain’t funny (they are).
It’s that I don’t have anything original to add.

As I’ve said before, I can’t promise uniqueness;
but I try to add an original slant.

Major US Launches this Week:

• SUN FL Falcon9 / Starlink 31st Mission for this Booster
• SUN CA Falcon9 / Starlink
• WED CA Falcon9 / Starlink (clear, nice vid)
• THU FL Falcon9 / Spainsat (no Stg-1 landing, nice vid of Stg-1 ascent)
• SAT CA Falcon9 / Starlink
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Updated: 25 OCT / 1030 (all times US Eastern)
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Major US Launches this Week:

● MON TX Starship !!!!! (overview/review)
★ MON FL Falcon9 / Kuiper (disappointing vid)
- TUE NZ Electron/ Sri-X
★ WED CA Falcon9 / SDA
• THU FL Falcon9 / Starlink       500th FALCON9 LANDING
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Updated: 18 OCT / 0800 (all times US Eastern)
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Rocket PrOn:

SpaceX has released a couple new videos of its Starship rocket successfully landing on target in the ocean yesterday. Unreal shots. pic.twitter.com/fhpOIuWYUt

— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) October 14, 2025

Major US Launches this Week:

• TUE FL Falcon9 / Starlink (skippable night vid)
• TUE CA Falcon9 / Starlink (clear night launch)
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Updated: 11 OCT / 1730 (all times US Eastern)
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Satellite PrOn:

My best sighting of a Starlink satellite “train” from orbit! pic.twitter.com/WratClL8NJ

— Don Pettit (@astro_Pettit) October 7, 2025

Major US Launches this Week:

• SUN CA Falcon9 / Starlink (clear dusk launch with jellyfish!)
• FRI CA Falcon9 / Starlink
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Updated: 03 OCT / 1200 (all times US Eastern)
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If you've ever wondered why I use this title for the weekly launch summary,
it's a reminder that even though something that was once impossible is now routine,
it could still be pretty hard to do.

With rare exception, ideas really are trivial compared to execution.

For example, the idea of going to the Moon is simple, but ACTUALLY going to the Moon is staggeringly difficult.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 1, 2025

Major US Launches this Week:

• SUN FL Falcon9 / Starlink
★ MON CA Falcon9 / NROL (RTLS)
  (Note Gs during and after entry burn to get a feel for aero drag)
★ WED FL Falcon9 / IMAP+ 
• THU FL Falcon9 / Starlink
- THU FL Atlas V / Kuiper
• FRI CA Falcon9 / Starlink 
  (Yep, that's the SLC-4 at Vindanfog SFB that I remember)
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Updated: 26 SEP / 0035 (all times US Eastern)
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