The 100th Falcon 9 rocket launch of 2025 blasted off Monday morning from Vandenberg Space Force Base, successfully delivering two dozen Starlink satellites into orbit.

The two-stage rocket built by SpaceX blasted off at 9:26 a.m. with the first-stage booster landing about eight minutes later on a droneshp in the Pacific Ocean.

An hour later, SpaceX confirmed the 24 Starlink satellites has deployed as planned.

The milestone mission tally includes liftoffs from both Vandenberg plus sites in Florida. 

“For reference on the increase in launch rate from last year, we hit 100 on Oct 20th in 2024,” Kiko Dontchev, SpaceX vice president of launch, said on social media. 

More than 30 of those 100 launches occurred from Vandenberg and delivered a variety of payloads into orbit for various government and commercial customers beyond Starlink.

The 100th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year took place days after an Aug. 13 SpaceX launch from the West Coast marked a different milestone.

“This event marked the Federal Aviation Administration’s 1,000th licensed or permitted  space vehicle operation — a remarkable achievement in the advancement of spaceflight,” Vandenberg representatives said on social media. 

Since December 1958, Vandenberg has been a pioneer in space launch and missile testing, completing approximately 2,145 launches to date, base officials noted.

SpaceX plans to conduct another Falcon 9 rocket launch with Starlink satellites as soon as Friday with the team aiming for liftoff between 8:44 a.m. and 12:44 p.m.