{"id":331798,"date":"2025-12-05T09:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/331798\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T09:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:47:11","slug":"spacex-launches-28-starlink-satellites-to-orbit-from-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/331798\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from California"},"content":{"rendered":"

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Thursday (Dec. 4), sending 28 of them up from California’s central coast.<\/p>\n

A Falcon 9<\/a> rocket topped with 28 Starlink<\/a> spacecraft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base<\/a> Thursday at 3:42 p.m. EST (2042 GMT; 12:42 p.m. local California time).<\/p>\n

The rocket’s first stage came back to Earth 8.5 minutes later, landing in the Pacific Ocean on the SpaceX<\/a> drone ship “Of Course I Still Love You.” It was the fourth flight for this particular booster, which is designated 1097.<\/p>\n

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The Falcon 9’s first stage landed safely on a ship at sea on Dec. 4, 2025. (Image credit: SpaceX)<\/p>\n

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The Falcon 9’s upper stage continued carrying the 28 Starlink satellites toward low Earth orbit<\/a>, where they will be deployed about an hour after liftoff, if all goes to plan.<\/p>\n

They’ll join a megaconstellation that’s by far the largest ever assembled. SpaceX currently operates more than 9,000 Starlink satellites<\/a> and has launched more than 10,000 of them over the past 6.5 years.<\/p>\n

Today’s launch was the 156th Falcon 9 liftoff of 2025, extending SpaceX’s single-year record. More than 70% of them have been Starlink missions.<\/p>\n

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