SpaceX weighs Starlink satellite end-of-life costs as Nasdaq 100 move looms

SpaceX launched 29 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit early Sunday, resuming deployments after an in-orbit anomaly last month sidelined one of its spacecraft and forced a delay to a planned mission.

SpaceX heads into the final weeks of 2025 with its launch cadence still accelerating, a new green light to fly Starship from Florida, a politically charged NASA confirmation fight centered on a frequent SpaceX customer, and fresh Starlink expansion moves in Asia.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. / VANDENBERG, Calif. – SpaceX is opening December with a rapid-fire sequence of Falcon 9 missions. In the early hours of Tuesday, December 2, 2025, a Falcon 9 rocket launched 27 Starlink satellites from California, marking the company’s 60th mission of the year from the West Coast. Later today, another Falcon 9 is scheduled to lift off from Florida with 29 more Starlink spacecraft on the Starlink 6‑95 mission, while U.S. officials have also cleared the way for a new Starship launch pad at Cape Canaveral. WKMG+3Space+3NASASpaceFlight.com+3

On Sunday, November 23, 2025, SpaceX finds itself in a familiar position: celebrating another successful Starlink launch and a major new airline partnership, while simultaneously dealing with questions about the future of its next‑generation Starship rocket after a high‑profile booster failure in Texas. Spaceflight Now+2Reuters+2