At right, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with 22 Starlink satellites from Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California early Monday morning. (Image credit: SpaceX / SpaceX via X)
UPDATE: SpaceX launched two more batches of its Starlink internet satellites overnight (Jan. 28-29), on doubleheader liftoffs from both U.S. coasts.
A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Sunday (January 28) at 6:15 p.m. EST (2315 GMT) five hours earlier than the Starlink 7-12 mission with 22 Starlinks from from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) Vandenberg SFB on Sunday, January 28, at 9:57 p.m. PST (12:57 a.m. EST, 0557 UTC).
The constellation now has more than 5,300 satellites on orbit.
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, January 28 for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 9:57 p.m. PT, with backup opportunities available until 10:03 p.m. PT. If needed, additional opportunities are also available on Monday, January 29 starting at 5:49 p.m. PT.
A live webcast of this mission will begin on X @SpaceX about five minutes prior to liftoff. Watch live.
This is the ninth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched SDA-0A, SARah-2, and six Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean.