SpaceX launched two dozen extra of its Starlink web satellites to orbit this morning.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink craft lifted off from Vandenberg House Pressure Base on California’s central coast immediately at 12:26 a.m. EDT (0426 GMT; 9:26 p.m. on Sept. 25 native California time).
About 8.5 minutes later, the Falcon 9’s first stage touched down on the SpaceX drone ship “Of Course I Nonetheless Love You,” which was stationed within the Pacific Ocean.
It was the sixteenth flight for this specific booster, which is designated B1082. Twelve of these missions have been Starlink launches.
Meanawhile, the Falcon 9’s higher stage continued carrying the Starlink satellites towards low Earth orbit, the place they’re scheduled to be deployed 62.5 minutes after launch.
Earlier Booster 1082 missions
This morning’s liftoff was the 123rd Falcon 9 launch of the yr, and the fifteenth to happen already this September.
The overwhelming majority of the 2025 Falcon 9 launches — greater than 70% of them — have been devoted to constructing out the Starlink megaconstellation. There are actually practically 8,500 energetic spacecraft within the community, based on astrophysicist and satellite tv for pc tracker Jonathan McDowell.
