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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California

The mission marked SpaceX’s 71st Starlink delivery of the year as the Falcon 9 booster completed its 16th flight and landed on a droneship.

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SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Aug. 8) from California's scenic central coast.A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 12:35 p.m. EDT (1635 GMT; 9:35 a.m. local time), carrying 24 of the internet-beaming spacecraft to low Earth orbit (LEO).The rocket's first stage returned to Earth as planned about 8.5 minutes later, landing in the Pacific Ocean atop the SpaceX dro…

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SpaceX sends 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit

This is the 18th mission for the Falcon 9's first-stage booster called B1085.

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Spaceflight Now broke the news in Cape Canaveral, United States on Saturday, August 8, 2026.
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