{"id":9611,"date":"2026-02-20T17:06:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/falcon-9-launches-25-starlink-satellites-after-weather-delays\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T17:06:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:06:56","slug":"falcon-9-launches-25-starlink-satellites-after-weather-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/falcon-9-launches-25-starlink-satellites-after-weather-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcon 9 launches 25 Starlink satellites after weather delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_72648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72648\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72648\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260221_Starlink_17-25_streak_SpaceX.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260221_Starlink_17-25_streak_SpaceX.jpeg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260221_Starlink_17-25_streak_SpaceX-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars away from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 17-25 mission on Feb. 21, 2026. Image: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites from California early Saturday, after days of delay.<\/p>\n<p>Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 1:04:19 a.m. PST (4:04:19 a.m. EST \/ 0904:19 UTC). The company had originally planned to launch the Starlink 17-25 mission Feb. 18 but it was delayed three times due to severe weather in central California. The rocket took a southerly trajectory on departure from the launch pad.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iAcq-UGCm2o\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX was flying Falcon 9 first stage B1063 for a 31st time. With this flight it is the joint-second most flown booster in the SpaceX fleet. It previously launched 20 batches of Starlink satellites, three batches of Starshield satellites for the U.S. military, and the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B and NAOS missions<\/p>\n<p>After separating from the first stage, the booster targeted a landing on the drone ship, \u2018Of Course I Still Love You,\u2019 positioned downrange in the Pacific Ocean. Touching down on the deck of the autonomous landing platform about eight and half minutes after launch.<\/p>\n<p>The 25 Starlink satellites were due to deploy from the rocket\u2019s upper stage about an hour after launch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars away from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 17-25 mission on Feb. 21, 2026. Image: SpaceX SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites from California early Saturday, after days of delay. 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