4.06.2025
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, June 4 for a Falcon 9 launch of 27 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 4:40 p.m. PT, with backup opportunities available until 7:19 p.m. PT. If needed, additional launch opportunities are also available on Thursday, June 5 starting at 4:06 p.m. PT.
A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.
This will be the 26th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, NROL-113, NROL-167, NROL-149, and 17 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.
There is the possibility that residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties may hear one or more sonic booms during the launch, but what residents experience will depend on weather and other conditions.
Quelle: SpaceX
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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 500th orbital Falcon rocket on 15th anniversary of the Falcon 9
SpaceX is back at the launch pad for a midweek flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Starlink 11-22 mission will the company’s 500th orbital launch of a Falcon rocket, including Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy.
Launch teams are targeting a liftoff of their Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at 4:28 p.m. PDT (7:28 p.m. EDT, 2338 UTC) on Wednesday, which also happens to be the 15th anniversary of the first Falcon 9 rocket launch.
Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about 30 minutes prior to liftoff.
SpaceX’s year so far has been highlighted once again by missions supporting its Starlink constellation. This will be its 50th such launch in 2025.
The Wednesday mission will the 26th flight for Falcon 9 first stage booster tail number B1063. It previously launched a trio of missions for the National Reconnaissance Office, NASA’s DART spacecraft and 17 batches of Starlink satellites.
A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, B1063 will target a landing on the droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You.’ This will be the 134th landing on this vessel and the 457th booster landing to date, if all goes well.
Quelle: SN
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Update: 5.06.2025
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SpaceX launches Starlink satellite stack from Vandenberg Space Force Base
It was the 26th flight for this Falcon 9's first stage.
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink satellites this evening (June 4) from California.
A Falcon 9 rocket launched SpaceX's Starlink 11-22 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 7:40 p.m. EDT (2340 GMT; 4:40 p.m. local time in California).
The stack of 27 Starlink satellites began their journey into low Earth orbit (LEO) aboard a Falcon 9 first-stage booster designated B1063. This was the 26th launch of B1063, which has now supported 18 Starlink missions.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 27 Starlink satellites from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 4, 2025. (Image credit: SpaceX
The nine Merlin engines at the bottom of B1063 shut down approximately 2.5 minutes after liftoff, followed immediately by the separation of the booster from the Falcon 9's upper stage.
About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the B1063 landed safely on SpaceX's Of Course I Still Love You drone ship, stationed in the Pacific Ocean. Its successful landing inches it closer to SpaceX's record-holder B1067, which has flown a total of 28 launches.
The rocket's upper stage continued toward LEO, ultimately deploying the 27 Starlink satellites there about one hour into flight. Each satellite will maneuver into more specific orbits within the Starlink's megaconstellation over the next few days.
SpaceX's Starlink network consists of more than 7,600 operational satellites and counting. As a whole, they operate in a lattice that provides a blanket of coverage to nearly all of the planet. Starlink offers users a high-speed internet connection from anywhere customers are able to point their Starlink receiver toward the sky (other than the poles).
Tonight's launch was SpaceX's 68th Falcon 9 mission of 2025 and 71st overall liftoff so far this year. The additional three were test flights of Starship, SpaceX's next-generation super-heavy-lift rocket, which most recently launched on May 27.
Quelle: SC