Blastoff! SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from California, nails landing

Nasa Space

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink 11-9 mission from Space Launch Complex-4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on April 28, 2025 at 4:42 p.m. EDT (2042 GMT; 1:42 p.m. local time).

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00:00Five, four, three, two, one, ignition, and liftoff of Falcon 9. Go SpaceX, go Starlink.

00:14Stage one propulsion is nominal.

00:18Vehicle is pitching downrange.

00:30Power and telemetry nominal.

00:53Falcon 9 is supersonic.

01:11Max Q.

01:23Anvac 2.

02:34Main engine cut off.

02:39Stage separation confirmed.

02:44MVAC ignition.

02:46Fairing separation confirmed.

02:55Fairing separation confirmed.

03:04Fairing separation confirmed.

03:09Fairing separation confirmed.

03:16Fairing separation confirmed.

03:24FairingJo Landers.

03:25FairingJo Landers.

06:55Stage 1 FTS is saved.

07:25Stage 1 transonic.

07:30Stage 2 FTS is saved.

07:34Stage 1 landing burn.

07:56Stage 2 terminal guidance.

08:07Stage 1 landing leg deploy.

08:13Stage 1 landing.

08:23Landing confirmed.

08:53Nomenal park orbit insertion.

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