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SpaceX launches Starlink Group 11-10 smallsats into a California sunset

SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 launched 23 smallsats from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, California on Monday, at 6:09 pm PST into a setting sun background. All photos provided by Satnews.

SpaceX stood down from a launch attempt on Sunday, with no explanation. Monday’s launch took place two hours after the beginning of the launch window.

Additionally, it delayed the liftoff of the Starlink 11-10 mission more than two hours past the start of the launch window on Monday, when opened at 3:46 p.m. PST (6:46 p.m. EST, 2346 UTC).

The Falcon 9 first stage booster 1071 was its 23rd flight, and previously supported four missions for the National Reconnaissance Office, three rideshare missions and NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft.

This was the 120th booster landing on Of Course I Still Love You – OCISLY and the 407th booster landing to date.

SpaceX’s California launch of Starlink Group 11-10 smallsats now for Monday

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SpaceX is targeting Monday, February 10 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 3:46 p.m. PT. If needed, additional launch opportunities are also available on Tuesday, February 11 starting at 3:19 p.m. PT.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.

This is the 23rd flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched NROL-153, NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9, NROL-146, Bandwagon-2, and 13 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

There is the possibility that residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties may hear one or more sonic booms during the launch, but what residents experience will depend on weather and other conditions.

SpaceX’s Starlink Group 11-10 to launch 22 smallsats from California on Sunday

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Brightline, an eco-friendly commuter rail company with routes in South Florida became the first passenger train service in the world to adopt Starlink internet for its customers.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch Starlink Group 11-10’s 22 smallsats from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, February 9 at 4:03 PM PST.

The Starlink 11-10 payload will transport the 22 v2-mini satellites for their second-generation high-speed low Earth orbit internet satellite constellation.