SpaceX Marks 2,000 Starlink Satellites Deployed in 2025 Written 8 September 2025
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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday, Sept. 6, at 11:06 a.m. PDT, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. | Credit: Spaceflight Now; YouTube; Framegrab
Spaceflight Now reports the Starlink 17-9 mission added another 24 broadband satellites to its low Earth orbit constellation of more than 8,300. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg took place “Saturday morning … at 11:06 a.m. PDT (2:06 p.m. EDT / 1806 UTC).”
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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California on Falcon 9 (Launch at 30:04 mark)
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