SpaceX Launches 20 Starlink Satellites From California

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars over Los Angeles – NBC Los Angeles

If you were looking outside, you may have seen the rocket's vapor trail illuminated against the dark sky.

"This is the fifth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched USSF-62 and three Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean," SpaceX said on their website.

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SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites from California on Tuesday night (June 18), ending a 10-day spaceflight drought for the company.

A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 20 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capabilities, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Tuesday at 11:40 p.m. EDT (8:40 p.m. local California time; 0040 GMT on June 19).

About 8.5 minutes later, the Falcon 9's first stage touched down on the SpaceX droneship Of Course I Still Love You, which was stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued hauling the 20 satellites toward low Earth orbit , where they're scheduled to be deployed about an hour after liftoff. The new batch will join more than 6,000 operational satellites in the Starlink megaconstellation.

Tuesday night's mission was the 61st orbital liftoff of the year for SpaceX but its first since June 8. That wouldn't qualify as a lull for any operator other than SpaceX, which is averaging one launch every 2.8 days so far in 2024.

The Starlink launch was supposed to be the second half of a spaceflight doubleheader for SpaceX on Tuesday. But the first leg, the launch of the Astra 1P telecom satellite for Luxembourg-based company SES, was called off due to high winds near the launch site, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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