SpaceX launched 24 extra of its Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Sunday (June 28), persevering with to broaden its broadband web relay community.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the brand new batch (Group 17-40) launched from House Launch Advanced 4 East at Vandenberg House Power Base in California. Liftoff came about at 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 GMT or 9:09 a.m. PDT native time).
The Starlink satellites reached orbit about 9 minutes after leaving the bottom and had been on monitor to be deployed by the Falcon 9 higher stage about an hour later.
Earlier Booster B1088 missions
The rocket’s first stage (Booster 1088) accomplished its seventeenth flight, touching down on the autonomous droneship “Of Course I Nonetheless Love You” positioned within the Pacific Ocean.
The 24 satellites elevated the full variety of lively relays within the Starlink community to greater than 10,700, in line with tracker Jonathan McDowell. The Starlink service offers entry to the web to individuals world wide, as nicely to in-flight wifi and cell-to-satellite service suppliers.
Sunday’s launch was SpaceX’s seventy fifth Falcon 9 mission in 2026.
