{"id":9638,"date":"2026-01-21T18:05:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-launches-first-west-coast-starlink-mission-of-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T18:05:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:05:41","slug":"spacex-launches-first-west-coast-starlink-mission-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-launches-first-west-coast-starlink-mission-of-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches first West Coast Starlink mission of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_72392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72392\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72392\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260122_Starlink_17-30_liftoff.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260122_Starlink_17-30_liftoff.jpeg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260122_Starlink_17-30_liftoff-300x184.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Jan. 21, 2026, to begin the Starlink 17-30 mission. Image: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Update Jan. 21 2:20 a.m. EST (0720 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 25 Starlink satellites.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX launched its first West Coast Starlink mission of the year to send its satellites into a polar low Earth orbit.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Starlink 17-30 mission adds 25 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites to the company\u2019s megaconstellation. This was SpaceX\u2019s sixth Starlink mission so far in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 9:47:29 p.m. PST (12:47:29 a.m. EST \/ 0547:29 UTC). The rocket flew on a southerly trajectory upon leaving the pad.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cmsTf8XwhlQ?si=ak8BLKssYQaWOFcF\" 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 launched the mission using the Falcon 9 first stage booster with the tail number 1093. This was its 10th flight after launching two flights for the Space Development Agency and seven previous batches of Starlink satellites.<\/p>\n<p>A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, B1093 landed on the drone ship, \u2018Of Course I Still Love You,\u2019 positioned in the Pacific Ocean. This was the 172nd landing on this vessel and the 562nd orbital booster landing for SpaceX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Jan. 21, 2026, to begin the Starlink 17-30 mission. Image: SpaceX Update Jan. 21 2:20 a.m. EST (0720 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 25 Starlink satellites. SpaceX launched its first West Coast Starlink mission of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[702,479,703,683,316,440,846,778],"class_list":["post-9638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-b1093","tag-falcon-9","tag-ocisly","tag-sld-30","tag-spacex","tag-starlink","tag-starlink-17-30","tag-vandenberg-space-force-base"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9638"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}