SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 20 Starlink Satellites from California Written 25 September 2024
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California at 12:01 a.m. EDT, 25 Sept. 2024 | Credit: Spaceflight Now; YouTube; Framegrab
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX launched its latest Falcon 9 rocket on a Starlink mission as Tropical Storm Helene pushed back the launch of the next mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the Starlink 9-8 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California happened at 9:01 p.m. PDT (12:01 a.m. EDT, 0401 UTC). This was SpaceX’s 64th Starlink launch of the year.”
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg (Launch at 30:30 mark)
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