A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Nov. 10, 2025. File Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo
Nov. 23 (UPI) — SpaceX launched another 28 satellites into low-Earth orbit early Sunday morning, with the possibility that residents of southern California were awakened by the sonic boom in the middle of the night.
“There was a possibility that residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties may have heard one or more sonic booms during the launch,” SpaceX said in a statement. “What residents experienced depended on weather and other conditions.”
SpaceX said it launched the satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California around 12:48 a.m. PT.
The launch marked the first flight for the first-stage booster supporting this mission, SpaceX said. The first stage later landed on a floating barge stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
The launch was previously delayed from Nov. 19. The payload for the launch included 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches a mission carrying satellites for NASA and NOAA from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 24, 2025. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo