SpaceX springs forward with another Starlink launch from California

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a rocket lifts off into the night sky, lighting up the area around its launch pad

Hours after setting clocks forward for Daylight Savings Time, SpaceX went forward with a launch of Starlink satellites on Sunday (March 8).

The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 7:00 a.m. EDT (11:00 GMT or 4:00 a.m. PDT local time) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. About an our later, SpaceX confirmed the successful deployment of all 25 broadband internet relay satellites (Group 17-18) into low Earth orbit.

a time lapse photo captures the glowing streak of a rocket's plume as it climbs spaceward adding to the light from the moon

The Falcon's first stage, Booster 1097, completed its seventh spaceflight with a landing on the "Of Course I Still Love You" droneship, which was stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

The launch increased the total number of active Starlink satellites to 9,915, according to satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell.

The mission was SpaceX's 29th of the year and 639th in its history.

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Robert Pearlman is a space historian, journalist and the founder and editor of collectSPACE.com, a daily news publication and community devoted to space history with a particular focus on how and where space exploration intersects with pop culture. Pearlman is also a contributing writer for Space.com and co-author of "Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space” published by Smithsonian Books in 2018.

In 2009, he was inducted into the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2021, he was honored by the American Astronautical Society with the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History. In 2023, the National Space Club Florida Committee recognized Pearlman with the Kolcum News and Communications Award for excellence in telling the space story along the Space Coast and throughout the world.

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SpaceX springs forward with another Starlink launch from California

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