{"id":61764,"date":"2026-06-28T16:21:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/?guid=e618e0150f802a9a2c8db2e71115ac2d"},"modified":"2026-06-29T06:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T06:31:32","slug":"spacex-sends-24-starlink-satellites-into-earth-orbit-on-falcon-9-launch-from-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/2026\/06\/28\/spacex-sends-24-starlink-satellites-into-earth-orbit-on-falcon-9-launch-from-california\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into Earth orbit on Falcon 9 launch from California (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                            \n                            <article>\n                                <iframe src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/7divJct0.html\" id=\"7divJct0\" title=\"SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on booster's 17th flight, sticks landing\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1076\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><p>SpaceX launched 24 more of its Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Sunday (June 28), continuing to expand its broadband internet relay network.<\/p><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18962-spacex-falcon-9.html\"><u>Falcon 9<\/u><\/a> rocket carrying the new batch (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/launches\/sl-17-40\"  rel=\"nofollow\"><u>Group 17-40<\/u><\/a>) launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/34147-vandenberg-air-force-base.html\"><u>Vandenberg Space Force Base<\/u><\/a> in California. Liftoff took place at 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 GMT or 9:09 a.m. PDT local time).<\/p><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starlink-satellites.html\"><u>Starlink<\/u><\/a> satellites reached orbit about nine minutes after leaving the ground and were on track to be deployed by the Falcon 9 upper stage about an hour later.<\/p><figure class=\"van-image-figure  inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\"><p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img id=\"Db26Cc9Jurb4EF5AMUoXyF\" name=\"spacex-falcon9-starlink-landing\" alt=\"the first stage of an orbital rocket stands on its four landing legs atop an ocean-based platform\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Db26Cc9Jurb4EF5AMUoXyF.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p><\/div><\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is seen after landing on its four legs atop the autonomous droneship \"Of Course I Still Love You\" in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Sunday, June 28, 2026. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SpaceX)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><div  class=\"fancy-box\"><div class=\"fancy_box-title\">Previous Booster B1088 missions<\/div><div class=\"fancy_box_body\"><p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/spacex-to-launch-next-gen-us-spy-satellites-20-starlink-spacecraft-from-california-early-nov-30\"><strong>NROL-126<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/spacex-to-launch-131-satellites-on-transporter-12-rideshare-mission-today\"><strong>Transporter-12<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/missions\/spacex-rocket-launches-nasa-spherex-space-telescope-and-punch-solar-probes\"><strong>SPHEREx<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/spacex-launches-secret-spy-satellite-for-us-government-on-19th-anniversary-of-companys-1st-ever-liftoff-photos\"><strong>NROL-57<\/strong><\/a> <strong>| 12 Starlink missions<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><p>The rocket's first stage (Booster 1088) completed its 17th flight, touching down on the autonomous droneship \"Of Course I Still Love You\" positioned in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p><p>The 24 satellites increased the total number of active relays in the Starlink network to more than 10,700, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/planet4589.org\/space\/con\/star\/stats.html\"  rel=\"nofollow\"><u>tracker Jonathan McDowell<\/u><\/a>. The Starlink service provides access to the internet to people around the world, as well to in-flight wifi and cell-to-satellite service providers.<\/p><p>Sunday's launch was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18853-spacex.html\"><u>SpaceX<\/u><\/a>'s 75th Falcon 9 mission in 2026. <\/p>\n                                                            <\/article>\n                            \n                        ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, June 28, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":628,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2799,1263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-launches-amp-spacecraft","category-space-exploration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61764"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/628"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61764"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61768,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61764\/revisions\/61768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}