{"id":829449,"date":"2026-07-28T16:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/829449\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:54:09","slug":"spacex-launches-24-starlink-satellites-to-orbit-in-wake-of-starship-test-flight-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/829449\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit in wake of Starship test flight (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

SpaceX launched 24 more satellites for its Starlink network on Saturday (July 25), a day after demonstrating it could do the same on its next-gen rocket.<\/p>\n

A Falcon 9<\/a> rocket carrying Starlink group 17-51<\/a> lifted off at 11:51 a.m. EDT (1521 GMT or 8:51 a.m. PDT local time) on Saturday from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base<\/a> in California.<\/p>\n

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About an hour later, the 24 broadband internet satellites were deployed into low Earth orbit<\/a> (LEO), as planned.<\/p>\n

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The launch marked the eighth flight of the Falcon’s 9 first stage (Booster 1100), which touched down on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n

The successful launch raised the total number of active Starlink satellites to 10,865, according to satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell<\/a>. That number had been 20 units higher for about 20 minutes on Friday, when SpaceX<\/a> conducted a deployment and operations trial during the 13th test flight of its Starship<\/a> launch vehicle.<\/p>\n

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The Starship test was planned to be short-lived but was successful in providing data to support NASA’s decision to fly Starlink systems on its Artemis III<\/a> crewed mission to LEO, which is scheduled to fly next year.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s launch was SpaceX’s 87th Falcon 9 mission of the year.<\/p>\n

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