SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket and returned its first-stage booster to a landing on a drone ship positioned among the islands of The Bahamas — marking only the second time the company has completed such a recovery in that region.

SpaceX has launched its first West Coast Starlink mission of 2026, deploying satellites into a polar low Earth orbit.

SpaceX has now completed 60 launches from California this year.

SpaceX is set to launch its 550th Falcon 9 mission since the rocket's debut in 2010. The upcoming launch from California will deploy 28 additional broadband internet satellites into the company's Starlink constellation.

SpaceX is set to launch its 125th Falcon 9 rocket of 2025, carrying a batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. The company's first mission of the month is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday morning.

SpaceX is gearing up for its next mission, dubbed Starlink 10-28, which will deploy 28 broadband satellites into low Earth orbit.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on Wednesday that SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded after failing to land back on Earth during a routine Starlink mission.