Overview

• Falcon 9 lifted off at 7:04 p.m. PT on Sept. 28 from Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 4 East on the Starlink Group 11-20 mission.
• The flight carried 28 broadband satellites to low Earth orbit, with deployment targeted about an hour after liftoff.
• First-stage booster B1063 flew for the 28th time and landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific.
• The launch was widely visible across Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties, with reports reaching Las Vegas and parts of Arizona.
• Media cited industry tracking that puts Starlink’s active constellation at more than 8,500 satellites, a figure not officially confirmed by SpaceX.