SpaceX's Starlink Missions: A Week of Launches and Stock Surges

SpaceX successfully launched two Starlink missions, one from Florida and one from California, bookending the attention-grabbing Starship launch. The Florida launch deployed 23 Starlink satellites into a 43-degree orbital inclination, while the California launch deployed 22 satellites into a 53-degree orbital inclination. Both missions saw successful booster landings on SpaceX's droneships. With these launches, SpaceX has now launched over 5,445 Starlink satellites, with 4,500 in operational orbits.