{"id":369771,"date":"2026-06-22T03:53:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/369771\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T03:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:53:25","slug":"spacex-falcon-9-rocket-launches-24-starlink-satellites-into-low-earth-orbit-from-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/369771\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from California"},"content":{"rendered":"

SpaceX added 24 satellites to its Starlink megaconstellation on Sunday (June 21) with a launch from California.<\/p>\n

A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 12:39 p.m. EDT (1639 GMT or 9:39 a.m. PDT local time) from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base<\/a>. SpaceX confirmed deployment<\/a> of the Starlink batch (Group 17-28) about an hour after their launch.<\/p>\n

Previous Booster 1063 missions<\/p>\n

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The Falcon 9 rocket<\/a>‘s first stage (Booster 1063) completed its 33rd launch by landing on the autonomous droneship “Of Course I Still Love You<\/a>” stationed in the Pacific Ocean. The stage is just two flights shy of the current Falcon 9 reuse record of 35 launches.<\/p>\n

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The Starlink network now has more than 10,600 active satellites, according to tracker Jonathan McDowell<\/a>. The service provides worldwide internet access, as well as inflight wifi and direct to cell connections for select providers.<\/p>\n

Sunday;s launch was SpaceX’s 72nd Falcon 9 mission of the year out of a total history 655 missions.<\/p>\n

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