On a clear evening at the beach on Saturday, February 22, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff was 5:38 p.m. PT. Photos by Satnews.
This is the 11th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched USSF-62, OneWeb Launch 20, and eight Starlink missions. Following stage separation the first stage landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
With the launch of the Starlink 15-1 mission, SpaceX sent more than 8,000 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit, according to stats from astronomer and expert orbital tracker, Jonathan McDowell. In 2025 a total of 376 Starlink satellites have launched including today’s.
