{"id":9969,"date":"2024-11-19T00:34:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T16:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-launches-20-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-california\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T00:34:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T16:34:05","slug":"spacex-launches-20-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-launches-20-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-california\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from California"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_65127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65127\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65127\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240118-Starlink-File-Photo-Feature-Image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240118-Starlink-File-Photo-Feature-Image.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240118-Starlink-File-Photo-Feature-Image-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with another 20 Starlink satellites from California Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Starlink 9-11 mission featured 13 satellites that include Direct to Cell capabilities. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) from Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 9:53 p.m. PST (12:53 a.m. EST, 0553 UTC).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/09OpPQ-k6nE?si=Sl2ypHOgfVnN9zk-\" 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>The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, tail number B1071 in the SpaceX fleet, launched for an 20th time. It previously launched two rideshare missions (Transporter-8 and Transporter-9), three national security missions (NROL-85, NROL-87 and NROL-146) and 12 Starlink missions.<\/p>\n<p>A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, B1071 landed on the SpaceX droneship, \u2018Of Course I Still Love You.\u2019 This was the 109th landing on OCISLY and the 370th booster landing to date.<\/p>\n<p>The payload on this flight includes 13 Starlink satellites that have Direct to Cell capabilities. Following the launch of Starlink 9-11 on Nov. 14, Ben Longmier, the senior director of satellite engineering at SpaceX, said there were \u201cthree more launches to complete the first satellite constellation for Starlink Direct to Cell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1856945184409620839&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2024%2F11%2F18%2Flive-coverage-spacex-to-launch-20-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-california-3%2F&amp;sessionId=f6bcbc271c655a6ec2cd6cd772c47cb31ee57e65&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1856945184409620839\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782462560360714187=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">3 more launches to complete the first satellite constellation for @Starlink Direct to Cell. https:\/\/t.co\/Vczdet1Qqx<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Longmier (@longmier) November 14, 2024<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with another 20 Starlink satellites from California Sunday night. The Starlink 9-11 mission featured 13 satellites that include Direct to Cell capabilities. 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