SpaceX will sharply reduce launches from Florida for the rest of this year, effectively ending Starlink missions there and continuing Starlink launches mainly from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California until Starship is deployed. Ars Technica reported the Florida cadence could fall to about two launches a month from 8 to 9. A SpaceX vice president said the latest Falcon 9 launch was the last scheduled Florida Starlink mission for now.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has changed the cost structure and market share of the global launch vehicle market by combining reusability with a high launch frequency, an analysis said. Researchers who studied more than 6,700 launches from 1960 to 2025 said the United States now carries more than three-quarters of total mass delivered to orbit and has sharply increased its share of annual global payload mass. They said Europe faces a narrowing choice between reliance on low-cost U.S. launch services and expanding its own, costlier technology.