Overview
- Liftoff occurred at 7:20 a.m. PDT from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
- About eight minutes after launch, the Falcon 9 first stage touched down on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific.
- The Starlink 11-12 mission deployed 28 broadband satellites, adding to a constellation tracked at more than 8,700 currently in orbit.
- Saturday’s California flight was reported as SpaceX’s 135th launch of 2025, surpassing the company’s prior annual record.
- Another Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral is targeted for Sunday morning, with booster B1077 aiming to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas after its 24th flight.