LaunchMar 13, 2026Launch location: Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 25 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base

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Spaceflight Now X · Cosmic Penguin X · NSF - NASASpaceflight.com

Story Brief

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California Friday morning, carrying 25 broadband internet satellites for SpaceX's low Earth orbit megaconstellation.

Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East happened at 6:57:59 a.m. PDT (10:57:59 a.m. EDT / 1457:59 UTC). This was the company's 25th mission supporting its low Earth orbit constellation so far this year.

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Reference Details

Spaceflight Now

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California Friday morning, carrying 25 broadband internet satellites for SpaceX's low Earth orbit megaconstel

https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/03/13/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-25-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-vandenberg-space-force-base/

X · Cosmic Penguin

RT @SpaceX: Falcon 9 launches 25 @Starlink satellites from California https://t.co/J2qlYaBs3W

https://x.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/2032501245986959773

X · NSF - NASASpaceflight.com

RT @ENNEPS: SpaceX has launched the Starlink Group 17-31 mission, aboard the Falcon 9 B1071-32 from SLC-4E at the Vandenberg Space Force Ba…

https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/2032481776103293299

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