SpaceX Sets New Launch Record at Vandenberg with Thursday’s Falcon 9 Launch Written 13 September 2024
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 21 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA, 12 Sept. 2024. | Credit: Spaceflight Now; YouTube; Framegrab
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX launched its latest batch of 21 Starlink satellites on a Thursday night Falcon 9 launch from California. The Falcon 9 rocket launch set a new record for Vandenberg Space Force Base, marking the first time that 31 orbital missions have taken off in a calendar year. Thirty of those launches were from SpaceX and one was from Firefly Aerospace.”
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA (Launch at 27:21)
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