SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on new Falcon 9 rocket from California (video)
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SpaceX introduced a new Falcon 9 rocket into its fleet on Sunday, November 23, with the launch of 28 satellites for its Starlink megaconstellation into low Earth orbit.
The launch, from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, took place Sunday at 3:48 a.m. EST (08:48 GMT or 12:48 a.m. PST local time). The Starlink satellites were successfully deployed one hour and 19 minutes into the flight.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites launches from Vandenberg Space Station in California on Sunday, November 23, 2025. | Credit: SpaceX
Meanwhile, the first stage of the Falcon 9, Booster 1100 (B1100), made its first landing on a drone, “Of Course I Still Love You”, parked in the Pacific Ocean. The landing took place about eight and a half minutes after the rocket launched, according to a page about the flight on SpaceX’s website.
The Starlink satellites (Group 11-30) have been added to the more than 9,000 units that make up the commercial high-speed Internet network.
Sunday’s launch was the second Starlink mission in as many days, following a Saturday flight from the Cape Canaveral space station in Florida. This liftoff was SpaceX’s 150th Falcon 9 launch of the year.
