SpaceX Launches 24 Starlink Satellites From Vandenberg — Spacex Starlink Vandenberg Launch

The spacex starlink vandenberg launch put 24 Starlink satellites into orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 7:42:49 pm PDT on April 29. The Falcon 9 climbed south-southwesterly after liftoff, adding another batch to SpaceX’s low Earth orbit internet constellation.

Starlink 17-36 at Vandenberg

This was the Starlink 17-36 mission, and it marked SpaceX’s 42nd mission sending Starlink satellites into space in 2026. For customers, that means the constellation keeps filling in with another 24 broadband satellites rather than waiting for a larger block of capacity to arrive later.

B1093’s 13th flight

SpaceX flew Falcon 9 booster B1093 on its 13th mission, and the booster had already flown Transporter-16, two missions for the Space Development Agency, and 10 previous batches of Starlink satellites. That reuse keeps the launch cadence moving, but it also shows how much of the system’s work now depends on the same hardware returning to service again and again.

Of Course I Still Love You

B1093 landed on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You a little more than eight minutes after liftoff. That was the vessel’s 194th landing and SpaceX’s 606th booster landing to date, a reminder that the launch was not only about adding satellites but also about recovering the rocket cleanly enough to fly it again.

The lingering question is how quickly these 24 satellites will be folded into service, since the launch details say where they went and how they got there, but not when they will begin carrying traffic.