SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg

9 articles · Updated · Spaceflight Now · May 4

Liftoff was pushed back to 8:59:19 p.m. PDT from Space Launch Complex 4 East in California for SpaceX's second Starlink mission of May.
The Falcon 9 uses booster B1081 on its 24th flight, with a droneship landing planned just over eight minutes after launch aboard Of Course I Still Love You.
The mission adds to a Starlink network of more than 10,000 spacecraft; a successful recovery would mark the vessel's 195th landing and SpaceX's 609th booster landing.

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