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SpaceX successfully launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg

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Published 11:46 am

LOMPOC, Calif. – SpaceX successfully launched a Starlink mission aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday morning, just before 11 a.m.

The reusable Falcon 9 rocket carried 51 satellites to launch into low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), according to the base.

"The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, and six Starlink missions," said SpaceX.

Following separation, SpaceX said Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

As of 11:33 a.m., the satellites' deployment was confirmed.

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