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topicnews · July 19, 2025

SpaceX start 24 Starlink satellites in Polcon 9 Rocket from California -Space flight now into the Polar or

SpaceX start 24 Starlink satellites in Polcon 9 Rocket from California -Space flight now into the Polar or


File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 Raket is in the starting position during the sunset start in space in the Vandenberg Space Force Base in the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX

Update July 18, 10:51 p.m. Edt: SpaceX has adjusted the start time.

Shortly after sunset on Friday evening, SpaceX is preparing for a rare start of his Starlink version 2 -Mini satellites in a polar orbit.

The mission, which is known as Starlink 17-3, will insert a further 24 satellites into the company's mega-on position, which consists of more than 7,900 satellites on the orbit, according to statistics, which was compiled by experts Orbital Tracker and Astronomer, Jonathan McDowell.

SpaceX is aimed at 8:52 p.m. PDT (11:52 p.m. EDT / 0352 UTC) on an upswing from the space start complex 4 East on the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Spaceflight now has a live report that begins about 30 minutes before the incline.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVJ4QGR7T3W

The Falcon 9 First Stage Booster, which is used for this mission, the rear number B1082, will start for the 14th time. The previous missions include NROL-145, USSSF-62 and OneWeb #20.

A little more than eight minutes after the upswing, B1082 will target a landing on the droneship. “Of course I still love you.” If this is successful, this is the 141st booster landing on this ship and the previous 477th booster landing.

In an update that was published on the Starlink website on Monday, July 14th, SpaceX said part of his plan to further scale the Starlink network, planned to use hundreds of satellites in a polar orbit to improve connectivity in Polar regions such as Alaska.

“We are planning to start more than 400 additional satellites for the polar tendency by the end of 2025, which is more than doubled for the capacity of Alaska customers and other locations with a high latitude,” wrote SpaceX. “The first of these additional satellites has already started to operate Alaska users and almost double the download speed of the median.

The reference to the first of these satellites is associated with the start of the Starlink 17-1 mission by the company on May 27. This mission, which B1082 also used, also started 24 Starlink V2 mini satellites in a polar orbit with a tendency of 97 degrees.

SpaceX's alluding to the start of more than 400 satellites in this orbit before the end of the year suggests that this will be the largest part of his focus for its starts in the west coast. The goal would need more than 16 starts of at least 24 satellites per piece.

After the flight on Friday evening, SpaceX will turn his attention to an employee mission for NASA, which is highlighted by the tracers (tandem reconnection and CUSP electrodynamics reconnaissance satellites) of the agency.

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