Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
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SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, part of the Starlink mega-constellation for space-based internet. The booster recovered on a droneship in the Pacific, and the launch was successful.
The Starlink 17-53 mission is the 90th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 10:05 a.m. PDT (1:05 p.m. EDT / 1705 UTC).
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