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Updated · KSBY News · Jun 11SpaceX Launches 24 Starlink Satellites on Falcon 9 From Vandenberg
3 articles · Updated · KSBY News · Jun 11Summary
- SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at about 8:05 a.m. Thursday, carrying 24 Starlink satellites into orbit.
- The mission launched within a planned 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. window, with SpaceX starting its livestream roughly 10 minutes before liftoff.
- The company also planned to recover the rocket’s first-stage booster by landing it on a droneship in the Pacific Ocean.
- That booster had already flown more than 30 previous missions, underscoring SpaceX’s continued reliance on reusable hardware for Starlink deployments.
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