SpaceX launches Starlink mission from Vandenberg Friday afternoon

By Lily Dallow

Published March 17, 2023 12:17 pm

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 52 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit at 12:26 p.m. Friday from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Following stage separation, SpaceX said the payload continued its trajectory into orbit.

The first stage rocket returned to land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship in the Pacific Ocean.

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