Starlink 12-8 (Falcon 9)
15 February 2025
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 1:14 a.m. on 15 February 2025. Following stage separation, Falcon 9's first stage landed on the A Shortfall Of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

This was the 26th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3B mPOWER, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Marah Putih 2, Galileo L13, Koreasat-6A, and now 15 Starlink missions.

Telephoto views through the fog.
The rocket very quickly became lost from sight in the clouds and fog.
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