Replace Could 30, 1:30 p.m. EDT (1730 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 24 Starlink satellites.
SpaceX launched its fiftieth devoted Starlink mission of 2026 with a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg House Pressure Base on Saturday morning.
The Starlink 17-41 mission added one other 24 broadband web satellites to the corporate’s low Earth orbit constellation. It consists of greater than 10,000 spacecraft in orbit.
Liftoff from House Launch Complicated 4 East occurred at 8:25 a.m. PDT (11:25 a.m. EDT / 1525 UTC). The rocket will fly on a south-southwesterly trajectory upon leaving the pad.
SpaceX launched the mission utilizing the Falcon 9 first stage booster with the tail quantity B1082. This was its twenty second flight after launching missions, like USSF-62, NROL-145, and OneWeb Launch 20.
Greater than eight minutes after liftoff, B1082 landed on the drone ship, ‘Of Course I Nonetheless Love You.’ This was the 199th touchdown on this vessel and the 617th booster touchdown up to now for SpaceX.
