SpaceX Launches More Starlinks From Foggy Vandenberg SFB
Saturday February 01, 2025
(SpaceX photos include (top) foggy Vandenberg launch, (middle) second stage against a backdrop of the earth, and (bottom) photos of the drone ship and first stage landing)
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday afternoon from Vandenberg SFB in northwestern Santa Barbara County.
Liftoff was at 3:02 PM.
Payload was 22 Starlink satellites headed for low earth orbit.
This was the 17th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched SDA-0A, SARah-2, Transporter-11, and 13 Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which was stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
If you heard or felt a sonic boom around 3:08 PM it was the first stage about to land on the drone ship.
