SpaceX launched 24 Starlink V2 Mini satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on July 10, 2026.
SpaceX launched 24 Starlink V2 Mini satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on July 10, 2026. The mission added another 24 broadband internet satellites to the company’s low Earth orbit constellation, which now exceeds 10,700 spacecraft.
Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East occurred at 8:01 p.m. PDT (11:01 p.m. EDT, 0301 UTC). The Falcon 9 first‑stage booster, tail number B1071, completed its 35th flight after supporting NASA’s SWOT mission, five National Reconnaissance Office missions and five SmallSat Rideshare Program missions. After more than eight minutes of flight, the booster landed on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean, marking the 209th landing for that vessel and the 636th landing for SpaceX.
SpaceX confirmed the deployment of the satellites after liftoff.
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