On Wednesday, June 25 at 3:54 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 27 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This launch was in addition to an earlier manned launch for Axiom from Florida. Photos by Satnews.
This was the 20th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Ax-2, Euclid, Ax-3, CRS-30, SES ASTRA 1P, NG-21, and now 14 Starlink missions.
SpaceX later confirmed in an social media update that the smallsats were successfully dispatched to add to the planned 12,000 Starlink constellation. The 27 satellites separated from their Falcon 9 rocket about an hour after their 3:54 p.m. EDT launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.