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SpaceX launched two dozen of its Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Tuesday night.
The Starlink 17-49 mission was SpaceX’s 51st flight from the West Coast so far this year.
Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East happened at 9:46 p.m. PDT (12:46 a.m. EDT / 0446 UTC). The rocket took a south-southwesterly trajectory.
SpaceX launched the mission using the Falcon 9 first stage booster with the tail number B1103. This was its fifth flight after previously launching SDA-T1TL-E, NROL-179, Starlink 17-35, and Starlink 17-42.
Nearly 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1103 landed on the droneship, Of Course I Still Love You, positioned in the Pacific Ocean. It was the 163rd landing on this vessel and the 648th Falcon booster landing to date.
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