SpaceX Starlink Launch: Falcon 9 Sends 24 Satellites From Vandenberg as May Schedule Builds
SpaceX launched 24 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base late Tuesday, landing the Falcon 9 booster on a Pacific droneship. The mission used booster B1081 on its 24th flight and marked SpaceX’s 55th launch of 2026. Another Starlink launch from Vandenberg is set for May 10, with NASA’s CRS-34 cargo flight from Florida scheduled for May 12.