24 Starlink satellites to launch from California on a centesimal Falcon 9 rocket of the yr – Spaceflight Now

SpaceX is ready to launch its a centesimal Falcon 9 rocket of the yr on Monday morning. The flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base will carry one other batch of Starlink optimized V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit.

The Starlink 17-5 mission will even be the 72nd SpaceX launch of Starlink satellites thus far in 2025. It will carry the overall variety of Starlink satellites orbited in 2025 to 1,786.

Liftoff from Vandenberg’s pad 4E is presently scheduled for 9:23 a.m. PDT (12:23 p.m. EDT / 1623 UTC). Spaceflight Now could have reside protection starting about half-hour previous to launch.

SpaceX will use the Falcon 9 first stage booster 1088 to launch this mission, which is able to mark its ninth journey to house. Its earlier missions embody NROL-126, NROL-57 and NASA’s SPHEREx/PUNCH experience share mission.

Nearly 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1088 will goal a touchdown on the SpaceX droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You.’ If profitable, this would be the 145th booster touchdown on this vessel and the 489th booster touchdown to this point.

Deployment of the 24 satellites ought to happen a bit over an hour into flight. A deorbit burn will eliminate the rocket’s second stage within the Pacific Ocean, east of New Zealand.