{"id":584995,"date":"2026-04-15T04:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T04:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/584995\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T04:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T04:09:09","slug":"west-coast-spacex-falcon-9-mission-to-launch-25-starlink-satellites-spaceflight-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/584995\/","title":{"rendered":"West Coast SpaceX Falcon 9 mission to launch 25 Starlink satellites \u2013 Spaceflight Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260414-Falcon-9-File.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260414-Falcon-9-File.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73142\"  \/><\/a>A Falcon 9 rocket stands poised to launch from the Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. File Photo: SpaceX<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX is counting down to the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying another 25 satellites for its Starlink internet service.<\/p>\n<p>Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East is scheduled for 9:29:49 p.m. PDT (12:29:49 a.m. EDT \/ 04:29:49 UTC). The Falcon 9 will depart from the central California coast on a southerly trajectory, as it targets an orbit of 258 x 246 km, with a 97-degree inclination.<\/p>\n<p>Spaceflight Now will have live coverage starting about 30 minutes prior to liftoff.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Starlink 17-27 mission is SpaceX\u2019s 46th Falcon 9 launch of the year and will use a first-stage booster making its 21st flight. Booster B1082 entered the SpaceX fleet in January 2024 and has already launched 17 previous Starlink delivery missions. It also flew the USSF-62, OneWeb Launch 20, and NROL-145 missions.<\/p>\n<p>A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage will target a landing on the drone ship, \u2018Of Course I Still Love You,\u2019 positioned in the Pacific Ocean. The 25 Starlink V2 Mini satellites stacked atop the second stage will deploy about an hour into flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Falcon 9 rocket stands poised to launch from the Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":{"0":"post-584995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}