SpaceX Lines Up Back-to-Back Vandenberg Starlink Launches

Overview

• SpaceX targeted a Dec. 4 liftoff from Vandenberg’s SLC-4E to deploy 28 Starlink satellites on mission Starlink 11-25.
• Falcon 9 booster B1097 was set for its fourth flight with a drone-ship landing attempt on Of Course I Still Love You about 8.5 minutes after launch, which would mark the vessel’s 167th touchdown and SpaceX’s 544th booster landing if successful.
• This flight was described as the fourth Starlink launch of December and the 114th Starlink launch of 2025, with 2,915 Starlink satellites flown across 113 missions earlier in the year.
• Another Starlink launch from Vandenberg is planned for Sunday, Dec. 7, with a four-hour window opening at 8:13 a.m. PT, according to an FAA operations plan advisory.
• SpaceX is also slated to launch the NROL-77 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office from Cape Canaveral on Dec. 9.