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SpaceX Launches 30th Starlink Batch, Booster Lands Successfully

3/21/2026

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) launched its 30th Starlink batch on March 20, 2026, at 2:51 p.m. PDT from Vandenberg Space Force Base, as Vandenberg begins the ECOBOOM program to study rocket sounds.
The Falcon 9 carried 25 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit.
The first-stage booster B1100 landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You eight minutes after liftoff.

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) launched its 30th Starlink batch on March 20, 2026, at 2:51 p.m. PDT from Vandenberg Space Force Base, as Vandenberg begins the ECOBOOM program to study rocket sounds.
The Falcon 9 carried 25 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit.
The first-stage booster B1100 landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You eight minutes after liftoff.