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SpaceX launches Italian Earth-observing satellite to orbit on the 1st mission of 2026 (video)
It's no surprise that SpaceX is breaking in the year. Elon Musk's company launched a whopping 165 orbital missions in 2025 — far more than any other entity, either commercial or governmental. That was also a record for SpaceX, which the company may aim to break again this year.
SpaceX has one final launch scheduled from Southern California before Christmas. A Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch Tuesday, Dec. 16 from the Vandenberg Space Force Base. The mission will deploy 27 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit.
SpaceX launch planned for the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation mission for the Italian Space Agency from its Falcon 9 rocket on Friday, Jan 2.