{"id":279641,"date":"2025-11-23T22:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T22:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/279641\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T22:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T22:43:12","slug":"spacex-launches-28-starlink-satellites-on-new-falcon-9-rocket-from-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/279641\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on new Falcon 9 rocket from California"},"content":{"rendered":"

SpaceX introduced a new Falcon 9 rocket into its fleet on Sunday (Nov. 23), with he launch of 28 satellites for its Starlink megaconstellation in low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n

The launch, from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, took place on Sunday at 3:48 a.m. EST (0848 GMT or 12:48 a.m. PST local time). The Starlink satellites were successfully deployed one hour and 19 minutes into the flight.<\/p>\n

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (Image credit: SpaceX)<\/p>\n

In the interim, the Falcon 9’s first stage, Booster 1100 (B1100) made its first touchdown on a drone ship, “Of Course I Still Love You,” stationed in the Pacific Ocean. The landing occurred about eight and a half minutes after the rocket’s launch, according to a page about the flight on the SpaceX website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Starlink satellites (Group 11-30) added to the more than 9,000 units that comprise the commercial broadband internet network.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s launch was the second Starlink mission in as many days, following a flight from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Saturday. That liftoff had been SpaceX’s 150th Falcon 9 launch of the year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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