SpaceX launches 25 Starlinks
A Falcon 9 launched 25 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg at 10:16 p.m. Monday — the train was visible across much of Southern California []. The flight is part of SpaceX’s ongoing constellation builds that keep pushing daily revisit and broadband capacity targets higher [].
The flight carried the designation Starlink Group 17-24 and — according to Spaceflight Now — pushed SpaceX’s constellation to more than 10,000 Starlink satellites in orbit simultaneously. (spaceflightnow.com) SpaceX flew Falcon 9 first stage B1088 on the mission, marking its 14th flight and following earlier missions including NROL‑126, Transporter‑12 and SPHEREx. (nasaspaceflight.com) The rocket deployed 25 Starlink v2 Mini satellites into a sun‑synchronous/SSO cohort, the same small‑sat design SpaceX has been rolling out across recent batches. (nasaspaceflight.com) Following stage separation, the first stage targeted a recovery on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You, an ASDS that Spaceflight Now noted would record its 184th landing attempt on this mission and SpaceX its 586th overall booster landing. (spaceflightnow.com) The launch was one of several Starlink flights out of Vandenberg that week as part of a stepped‑up West Coast cadence SpaceX is running to increase revisit rates and broadband capacity in specific orbital groups. (nasaspaceflight.com) Public launch trackers and booster databases logged the mission as B1088‑14 in manifest listings and updated recovery and payload entries in near‑real time. (boostertracker.com)
