{"id":796471,"date":"2026-08-01T01:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T01:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/796471\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T01:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T01:12:16","slug":"live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-24-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-vandenberg-sfb-spaceflight-now-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/796471\/","title":{"rendered":"Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB \u2013 Spaceflight Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73035\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260326-Vandy-Starlink-File-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\"  \/>File photo of a Falcon 9 fueled for launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX aims to launch its next batch of Starlink satellites from California on Friday night, four days later than original planned.<\/p>\n<p>Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 8:04 p.m. PDT (11:04 p.m. EDT \/ 0304 UTC).<\/p>\n<p>Spaceflight Now will have live coverage starting about 30 minutes before launch.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>As is usual, SpaceX did not disclose why the Falcon 9 launch was repeatedly delayed from its original launch date of Monday, July 27.<\/p>\n<p>The Starlink 17-52 mission will add another 24 broadband internet satellites to the low Earth orbit constellation. SpaceX currently has more than 10,800 Starlink satellites in orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The flight will use the Falcon 9 first stage B1081. This will be the booster\u2019s 26th flight after launching 15 batches of Starlink satellites as well as multiple missions for NASA and other customers:<\/p>\n<p>Aug. 26, 2023 \u2013 NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-7<br \/>\nNov. 10, 2023 \u2013 SpaceX CRS-29<br \/>\nFeb. 8, 2024 \u2013 NASA\u2019s PACE<br \/>\nMar. 4, 2024 \u2013 Transporter-10<br \/>\nMay 28, 2024 \u2013 ESA\u2019s EarthCARE<br \/>\nJune 29, 2024 \u2013 NROL-186<br \/>\nMar. 15, 2025 \u2013 Transporter-13<br \/>\nJuly 23, 2025 \u2013 NASA\u2019s TRACERS<br \/>\nSep. 22, 2025 \u2013 NROL-48<br \/>\nJan. 3, 2026 \u2013 COSMO-SkyMED Second Generation FM3<\/p>\n<p>A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, B1081 will target a landing on the droneship, Of Course I Still Love You, positioned in the Pacific Ocean. If successful, this will be the 214th landing on this vessel and the 643rd orbital booster landing to date for SpaceX.<\/p>\n<p>This mission is the 90 Falcon rocket to launch in 2026, including one Falcon Heavy, and the 69th batch of Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites launched to orbit this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"File photo of a Falcon 9 fueled for launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-796471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796471","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=796471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}