Tonight's launch was SpaceX's 68th Falcon 9 mission of 2025 and 71st overall liftoff so far this year. The additional three were test flights of Starship, SpaceX's next-generation super-heavy-lift rocket, which most recently launched on May 27.

SpaceX early Tuesday launched a Falcon 9 rocket loaded with a batch of Starlink satellites into space from the East Coast.

Billed as Australia’s first satellite to mobile text messaging service, TSM taps Starlink’s network of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites to enable suitably equipped mobile devices to connect directly to the satellites as they pass overhead.