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Live Coverage: SpaceX to Launch 24 Starlink Satellites on Falcon 9 Rocket From Vandenberg SFB

SpaceX will send 24 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit, with a webcast starting minutes before liftoff and a booster landing at sea.

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File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in launch position at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base at sunset. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is getting ready to kick off the back half of 2026 with a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base Wednesday night. The Starlink 17-46 mission will add another 24 broadband internet satellites to the company’s low Earth orbit constellation that consists of more than 10,700 satelli…

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The launch of a SpaceX Falcon rocket from California promises a unique visual spectacle tonight, which could be visible from Hermosillo and, even more clearly, from the coastal areas of Sonora. The liftoff is scheduled for 7:58 p.m., a key time because it coincides exactly with the onset of twilight and the last rays of the sun. This light phenomenon is the perfect setting for the famous "Jellyfish effect," a condition where the rocket's gases i…

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Noozhawk broke the news on Wednesday, July 1, 2026.
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