SpaceX Conducts 45th Starlink Mission of 2026 Written 20 May 2026
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, May 19, 2026, at 7:46 p.m. PDT / 10:46 p.m. EDT. | Credit: Spaceflight Now; YouTube; Framegrab
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base Tuesday night to send a batch of its Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit … Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East happened at 7:46 p.m. PDT (10:46 p.m. EDT / 0246 UTC). The rocket flew on a south-southwesterly trajectory upon leaving the pad.”
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg. (Launch occurs at the 30:00 mark)
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