{"id":273832,"date":"2025-07-19T04:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T04:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/273832\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T04:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T04:42:11","slug":"friday-night-light-spacex-launch-from-california-sends-two-dozen-new-starlink-satellites-into-low-earth-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/273832\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday night light: SpaceX launch from California sends two dozen new Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"

SpaceX added 24 new Starlink satellites to its orbital network on a Friday night (July 18) launch from California.<\/p>\n

The company’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 8:52 p.m. local (11:52 p.m. EDT or 0352 GMT on July 19) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base<\/a>. At about nine minutes into the flight, the booster’s upper stage delivered the two dozen satellites to space.<\/p>\n

The flight was on track to deploy the Starlink spacecraft into low Earth orbit<\/a> an hour later.<\/p>\n

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The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket completes its 14th mission by landing on a droneship in the Pacific Ocean on July 18, 2025. (Image credit: SpaceX)<\/p>\n

The Falcon 9 first stage successfully completed its 14th mission by landing on “Of Course I Still Love You<\/a>,” an autonomous droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n

The launch was the was SpaceX’s 88th Falcon 9 launch of 2025 and 516th completed mission.<\/p>\n

With Friday’s group (17-3<\/a>), the Starlink network now includes over 7,965 active units<\/a> out of the more than 9,200 satellites launched since 2019. SpaceX’s service provides broadband internet access to areas where other connectivity is not available, as well as direct-to-cell capabilities for select phones and providers.<\/p>\n

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