Starlink 6-83 (Falcon 9)
13 May 2025
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 28 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center at 1:02 a.m. on 13 May 2025. After stage separation, Falcon 9's first stage landed on the Just Read The Instructions droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

This was the 28th 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-A, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Merah Putih 2, Galileo L13, Koreasat-6A, and now 17 Starlink missions.

LONG DISTANCE VIEWS OF THE LAUNCH
Main Engine Cut-Off (MECO)
LEFT: Second stage engine plume RIGHT: First stage entry burn seen through clouds.
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