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SpaceX launched 24 extra Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit early Sunday morning (July 27), on the corporate’s second flight in lower than 24 hours devoted to rising its megaconstellation.
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 12:31 a.m. EDT (0431 GMT or 9:31 p.m. PDT native on July 26) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The flight marked the nineteenth flight for the Falcon’s first stage (B1075), which efficiently landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship positioned within the Pacific Ocean.
The rocket’s higher stage propelled the Starlink satellites into area and was on monitor on deploy the group (no. 17-2) about an hour after leaving the bottom.
The two dispatches in 24 hours elevated the full variety of lively Starlink models in orbit to eight,032, according to satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell.
Sunday morning’s launch marked SpaceX’s ninety fifth mission of 2025, 92 of which had been on Falcon 9 rockets. It was the corporate’s 520th accomplished mission since 2008.
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