{"id":176626,"date":"2025-09-29T03:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T03:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/176626\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T03:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T03:27:08","slug":"spacex-launches-starlink-satellites-from-vandenberg-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/176626\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg in California"},"content":{"rendered":"

A SpaceX Falcon 9<\/a> rocket lit up the dusk sky over southern California on Sunday (Sept. 28) as it carried a new stack of 28 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The evening launch at 10:04 p.m. EDT (0204 GMT on Sept. 29 or 7:04 p.m. PDT local time) from Vandenberg Space Force Base<\/a> successfully reached space in just under minutes. The Falcon’s upper stage booster was on track to deploy the broadband internet relays (Starlink Group 11-20<\/a>) about an hour after leaving the ground.<\/p>\n

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The first stage of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands on its landing legs and lit in silhouette atop a droneship on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (Image credit: SpaceX)<\/p>\n

The Falcon’s first stage (Booster 1063), meanwhile, descended to a propulsive landing on its four deployed landing legs on “Of Course I Still Love You<\/a>,” a droneship positioned in the Pacific Ocean. This was the 28th flight for this particular stage.<\/p>\n

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The launch added 28 Starlink satellites to SpaceX<\/a>‘s megaconstellation, which now totals more than 8,500 active units<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The flight was SpaceX’s 124th Falcon 9 mission this year out of a total 542 launches since 2010.<\/p>\n

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