<div class="grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:max-w-[750px] md:grid-cols-article md:max-w-screen-sm" data-article-body="true">When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<figure class="relative col-body mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt=" A close up of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from space, showing its glowing tail floating above Earth. " loading="lazy" width="960" height="540" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="fig-image-round" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/rnqa5Cra.GihFZNEW.w4Ow--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/space_311/a051b69e03c91d11b81c4142d4867e14"><button aria-label="View larger image" class="group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent" data-ylk="elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;"><span class="absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none"><svg viewbox="0 0 22 22" aria-hidden="true" class="size-4 lg:size-6" width="22" height="22"><path d="M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z"></path></svg></button><dialog aria-label="Modal Dialog" aria-modal="true" class="fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden"></dialog></div><figcaption class="relative text-[0.875rem]/[1.25rem] figure-caption mt-1 line-clamp-2 pr-2.5"><div>SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida on Dec. 17, 2025. | Credit: SpaceX</div></figcaption></figure>Surprise, surprise: SpaceX shattered its single-year launch record again in 2025.<a href="https://www.space.com/18849-elon-musk.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Elon Musk;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Elon Musk</a>'s company has now set a new mark six years in a row, and the numbers are getting pretty silly. The record has risen from 25 orbital liftoffs in 2020 to 31 (2021) to 61 (2022) to 96 (2023) to 134 (2024) and, now, to a whopping 165. And that's not including five non-orbital <a href="https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-super-heavy.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Starship;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Starship</a> test flights by SpaceX.That's a launch almost every other day, a staggering cadence that leaves other companies — and entire nations — in the dust. Indeed, <a href="https://www.space.com/18853-spacex.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:SpaceX;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">SpaceX</a> launched nearly twice as many orbital missions as China did this year, and the company's 2025 output represented about 85% of the United States' total tally.All 165 of those launches were conducted by SpaceX's workhorse <a href="https://www.space.com/18962-spacex-falcon-9.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Falcon 9;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Falcon 9</a>, which features a reusable first stage. (There were no liftoffs by the powerful <a href="https://www.space.com/39779-falcon-heavy-facts.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Falcon Heavy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Falcon Heavy</a>, which hasn't flown since October 2024.) And those Falcon 9 boosters came back to Earth for a safe landing on all but three occasions.Two of the exceptions were launches in <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-falcon-9-launches-next-211014705.html" data-ylk="slk:January;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link yahoo-link">January</a> and <a href="https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/watch-spacex-launch-record-breaking-160000623.html" data-ylk="slk:October;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link yahoo-link">October</a> that sent massive Spainsat NG communications satellites to geostationary transfer orbit. These were heavy lifts for the Falcon 9 first stage, which didn't have enough fuel left over for a return to Earth.The other non-landing was a failed attempt, suffered during the launch of a batch of <a href="https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/starlink-satellites-facts-tracking-impact-184050186.html" data-ylk="slk:Starlink;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link yahoo-link">Starlink</a> internet satellites on March 3. The booster actually touched down successfully on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean as planned that day, but it <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-launches-21-starlink-satellites-153943506.html" data-ylk="slk:tipped over;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link yahoo-link">tipped over</a> after a fire broke out near its base and damaged a landing leg.Speaking of Starlink missions: They dominated SpaceX's manifest this year, making up 123 of the 165 Falcon 9 launches. Together, those missions lofted more than 3,000 satellites for the Starlink megaconstellation, which currently consists of more than 9,300 active spacecraft.SpaceX notched a number of other milestones during this very busy year. For example, the company pulled off its <a href="https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/spacex-launches-starlink-satellites-lands-144500383.html" data-ylk="slk:500th rocket landing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link yahoo-link">500th rocket landing</a> and <a href="https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/watch-spacex-launch-powerful-ocean-150000726.html" data-ylk="slk:500th launch of a used rocket;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link yahoo-link">500th launch of a used rocket</a> in 2025. And it repeatedly extended the record for most launches by a single Falcon 9 booster, which currently <a href="https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/spacex-launches-starlink-satellites-record-223756682.html" data-ylk="slk:stands at 32;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link yahoo-link">stands at 32</a>.The 165 Falcon 9 missions weren't SpaceX's only liftoffs this year, though. The company also launched five suborbital test flights of <a href="https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-super-heavy.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Starship;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Starship</a>, a fully reusable vehicle that's the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built. SpaceX lost at least one of the megarocket's two stages during the first three Starship flights of the year, but the most recent two, in August and October, were <a href="https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/spacex-launches-giant-starship-rocket-005829337.html" data-ylk="slk:unalloyed successes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link yahoo-link">unalloyed successes</a>.We should see a lot more Starship action in 2026, including the stainless-steel vehicle's first orbital flight — and maybe, if things go exceedingly well, an <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-says-spacex-launch-130000144.html" data-ylk="slk:uncrewed trip to Mars;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link yahoo-link">uncrewed trip to Mars</a>.Correction: An earlier version of this story initially reported the number of SpaceX's orbital launches as 167 in 2025. It has been corrected to 165, per the company's records.</div>

SpaceX just set a new annual-launch record for the sixth year in a row, and the numbers are getting pretty silly.

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