Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
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SpaceX launched 24 Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, part of the Starlink Group 17-51 mission. The satellites were deployed into low Earth orbit as part of SpaceX's broadband constellation, and the launch was declared successful.
The Starlink 17-52 mission is SpaceX’s 90th orbital launch of the year so far. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 7:59 p.m. PDT (10:59 p.m. EDT / 0259 UTC).
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