SpaceX Conducts Bicoastal Falcon 9 Launches, Deploys 54 Starlink Satellites Written 3 March 2026
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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocket, March 1, 2026. | Credit: Spaceflight Now; YouTube; Framegrab
SPACE reports, “SpaceX marched into the new month with a pair of Starlink launches from opposite coasts.” The first Falcon 9 launch took place from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 5:10 a.m. EST, resulting in the successful deployment of 25 Starlink satellites (Group 17-23). “Nearly 12 hours later, at 9:56 p.m. EST (0256 GMT March 2), another Falcon 9 carrying 29 Starlink satellites (Group 10-41) launched from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.”
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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocket. (Launch occurs at the 1:00:16 mark)
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