SpaceX Launches More Starlinks Into Space From Vandenberg
Wednesday December 04, 2024
(Launch file photo courtesy SpaceX)
Updated--SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites into low earth orbit Wednesday evening from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.
Liftoff was at 7:05 PM PST, three hours into a four hour launch window.
The payload on board the Falcon 9 rocket was another 20 Starlink satellites, 13 of them with direct to cell capability.
This was an even dozen launches for the first stage of this Falcon 9 rocket.
It returned to earth and landed on the droneship off the Southern California coast around 7:13 PM PST.