{"id":731355,"date":"2026-06-12T07:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/731355\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T07:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:11:16","slug":"spacex-sends-24-starlink-satellites-into-orbit-as-market-awaits-ipo-launch-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/731355\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit as market awaits IPO launch (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

SpaceX continued its almost continuous delivery of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Thursday (June 11), with its latest launch from California.<\/p>\n

A Falcon 9 rocket<\/a> carrying 24 of the internet broadband relays (Group 17-44<\/a>) launched at 11:05 a.m. EDT (1505 GMT or 8:05 a.m. PDT local time) from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base<\/a> in California. About an hour later, SpaceX confirmed<\/a> the satellites were successfully deployed.<\/p>\n

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying 24 Starlink satellites launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday, June 11, 2026. (Image credit: SpaceX)<\/p>\n

Previous Booster 1071 missions<\/p>\n

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The flight’s first stage booster (B1071) completed its 34th mission, touching down on its four landing legs atop the autonomous droneship “Of Course I Still Love You<\/a>,” which was prestaged in the Pacific Ocean. The booster is one flight shy of tying the reuse record<\/a> set by Booster 1067 on June 8.<\/p>\n

The launch came the same week as SpaceX’s highly anticipated IPO (Initial Public Offering) on the NASDAQ stock market. This could have been the last SpaceX<\/a> launch before it goes public, but another Starlink launch is currently targeted for Friday morning in Florida, before the market opens.<\/p>\n

IPO aside, the launch did increase the population of the Starlink<\/a> megaconstellation to more than 10,600 satellites, according to tracker Jonathan McDowell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Thursday’s launch was SpaceX’s 67th Falcon 9 launch of the year and 660th completed mission since 2008.<\/p>\n

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