SpaceX Launches Fresh Group of Starlink Satellites From Foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base, Successfully Lands Booster

SpaceX launches fresh group of Starlink satellites from foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base, successfully lands booster

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base today (May 27), carrying 24 Starlink satellites for the company's growing constellation.

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites to polar orbit from California – Spaceflight Now

File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at pad 4E ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is aiming to launch Starlink satellites into a polar orbit for the first time since 2023. The mission, dubbed Starlink 17-1, will send 24 of the broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit at a 97 degree inclination. Launch teams are targeting a liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 9:57 a.m. PDT (…

SpaceX’s foggy Tuesday launch of Starlink Group 17-1 smallsats from California – SatNews

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink Group 17-1 smallsats to low-Earth orbit on Tuesday, May 27 from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, at 9:57 a.m. PT. for the Starlink constellation. Photos by Satnews. This is the 13th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched USSF-62, OneWeb Launch 20, NROL-145, and nine Starlink missions. Following stage separation,…