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SpaceX launches rocket Tuesday morning from Vandenberg SFB

David J. Phillip/AP

By: Kathrene Herndon

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SpaceX launched another Starlink Mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Tuesday.

The Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit took off at about 10:05 a.m.

WATCH:

Watch Falcon 9 launch 24 @Starlink satellites to orbit from California https://t.co/ygVgIao8fX
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 4, 2026

The first-stage booster landed on a droneship in the Pacific Ocean following stage separation.

It was the 34^th time the booster has been used to support a SpaceX mission.