SpaceX to launch 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg

Update April 1, 1:46 p.m. EDT: SpaceX adjusted the T-0 liftoff time.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is preparing to deliver the latest 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. The mission, dubbed Starlink 11-13, will be the 25th Starlink flight of the year.

Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base is set for 5:43 p.m. PDT (8:43 p.m. EDT, 0043 UTC).

Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about 30 minutes prior to liftoff.

The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, tail number B1088 in the SpaceX fleet, will launch for a fifth time. It previously supported the launches of NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH rideshare mission, NROL-57, NROL-126 and the Transporter-12 smallsat rideshare flight.

A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, B1088 will target a landing on the droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You,’ which is positioned in the Pacific Ocean. If successful, this will be the 123rd booster landing on OCISLY and the 426th booster landing to date.

Quelle: SN

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Update: 2.04.2025

STARLINK MISSION

On Monday, March 31 at 3:52 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 28 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

This was the 17th 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 11 Starlink missions.