{"id":796161,"date":"2026-03-01T04:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T04:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/796161\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T04:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T04:25:12","slug":"spacex-to-launch-25-starlink-satellites-from-the-west-coast-spaceflight-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/796161\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX to launch 25 Starlink Satellites from the West Coast \u2013 Spaceflight Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-65369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20240214_Starlink_7-14_prelaunch_small-678x452.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"452\"  \/>File photo: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX is counting down to the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket early Sunday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying another batch of satellites for the company\u2019s Starlink internet service.<\/p>\n<p>Liftoff of the Starlink 17-23 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East is scheduled for 2:10:39 a.m. PST (5:10:39 a.m. EST \/ 1010:39 UTC). The rocket, carrying 25 Starlink V2 Mini satellites, will take southerly trajectory on departure from the launch site in central California.<\/p>\n<p>Spaceflight Now will have live coverage starting about 30 minutes prior to launch.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Falcon 9 booster B1082 will be making its 20th flight since its inaugural flight in January 2024. It previously launched the USSF-62, OneWeb Launch 20 and NROL-145 missions, plus 15 Starlink deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>The booster will target a landing on the drone ship, \u2018Of Course I Still Love You,\u2019 positioned in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"File photo: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3844],"tags":[70,413,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-796161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-space","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116152023841116484","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}