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SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 from Vandenberg, Deploys 25 Starlink Satellites

7/1/2026

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SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg on July 1, 2026.
Liftoff is set for 7 p.m., window closing at 11 p.m.
The mission will deliver either 24 or 25 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.
The seventh-flight booster, after NROL-105 and five Starlink missions, will land on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You.
The $69.75 million reusable Falcon 9, with a 99.4% success rate, should be visible in Phoenix as a bright contrail.

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SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg on July 1, 2026.
Liftoff is set for 7 p.m., window closing at 11 p.m.
The mission will deliver either 24 or 25 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.
The seventh-flight booster, after NROL-105 and five Starlink missions, will land on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You.
The $69.75 million reusable Falcon 9, with a 99.4% success rate, should be visible in Phoenix as a bright contrail.