SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Apr 5, 2025, 1:28 PM ET (1728 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites Thursday night. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:02 pm EDT (0102 GMT Friday) and placed 27 Starlink satellites into orbit. The launch was scheduled for Tuesday but postponed by weather. The launch marked the third flight in 23 days of the same Falcon 9 booster, which conducted launches for NASA and the NRO last month.
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites Thursday night. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:02 pm EDT (0102 GMT Friday) and placed 27 Starlink satellites into orbit. The launch was scheduled for Tuesday but postponed by weather. The launch marked the third flight in 23 days of the same Falcon 9 booster, which conducted launches for NASA and the NRO last month.
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