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SpaceX to launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg

The Starlink 17-28 mission lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 21, 2026. Image: SpaceX.

SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:39:06 a.m. PDT (12:39:06 p.m. EDT / 1639:06 UTC).

The Father’s Day flight added another 24 broadband internet satellites to the company’s low Earth orbit constellation. It was the 72nd Falcon 9 launch of the year and flew a south-southwesterly trajectory upon leaving the pad.

SpaceX launched the mission atop one of its most heavily used Falcon 9 boosters, B1063 making its 33rd flight after launching missions, including NASA’s DART, Transporter-7, and Iridium OneWeb.

Nearly 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1063 landed on the drone ship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You’, positioned in the Pacific Ocean. It was the 204th landing on this vessel and the 627th booster landing for SpaceX to date.

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