Archive · 17 Jun 2025
SpaceX Launches 26 New Starlink Satellites from California
Imagine a rocket that shoots satellites into space, kind of like a really big delivery truck.
SpaceX sent up 26 new Starlink satellites using a Falcon 9 rocket.
This happened on June 17, 2025, from California.
The rocket blasted off in the evening.
The part of the rocket that helps it fly came back down and landed on a boat in the ocean!
These new satellites will help make the internet even better, especially for people in places that don't have good internet now.
SpaceX is working to provide internet service around the world.
SpaceX launched 26 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit.
The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
The launch occurred on June 17, 2025, at 8:36 PM PDT.
The Falcon 9's first-stage booster landed on a droneship in the Pacific Ocean.
The satellites contribute to the Starlink broadband internet network.
- Who
- SpaceX launched the satellites.
- What
- SpaceX launched 26 Starlink satellites.
- When
- June 17, 2025, at 8:36 PM PDT.
- Where
- Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
- Why
- To expand the Starlink broadband internet network.
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Satellites
- 26 Starlink satellites
- Launch Site
- Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
- Launch Date
- June 17, 2025
- Booster Landing
- Pacific Ocean
- Network Purpose
- Global internet coverage