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  • SpaceX launches 21 additional Starlink Satellites on record-breaking launch

    Emma King

    By Emma King

      • General space news
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    Spaceflight Now reports on the launch of 21 Starlink satellites from the West Cost on a Falcon 9 rocket. 

    Th launch, at 6:45pm PDT on Thursday 12 September sets a new record at Vandenberg Space Force Base.  It was the 31st orbital mission to launch from the base in 2024, the first time so many have launched in one calendar year. 30 of those launches were from SpaceX, with the other being from Firefly Aerospace

    13 of the satellites launched have direct-to-mobile capability, bringing the number of such satellites in the SpaceX constellation to 207 in the SpaceX.  

     

    Featured image: Falcon 9  launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base
    Credit: SpaceX

     

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