Update by the edhat staff
August 1, 2025
On Thursday, July 31 at 8:35 a.m., Falcon 9 launched 19 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
This was the 27th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9, Transporter-13, NROL-146, Bandwagon-2, NROL-153, NROL-192, and now 16 Starlink missions.
Watch the full launch below:
Watch Falcon 9 launch 19 @Starlink satellites to orbit from California https://t.co/L5Nd9F4WvK
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 31, 2025
SpaceX Launch Rescheduled for Thursday from Vandenberg
LAUNCH UPDATE as of 8:17 a.m July 30: This launch has moved to its backup day. Liftoff is now targeted for 9:25 a.m PT on Thursday, 31 July.
A SpaceX is scheduled to take place from Vandenberg Space Force Base late Wednesday morning.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 19 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East is scheduled to liftoff at 11:39 a.m., with opportunities available until 12:39 p.m.
A live webcast will begin approximately five minutes before liftoff and can be viewed at https://www.spacex.com/
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.
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I messed up again; @ 9:35 am I recalled the launch was “supposed to be @ 9:25”, so went to ususal to see what happened…. The X link (above) was showing that the “Watch” was counting down, so I’m wondering what happened??? Finally SFN updated to say: “Launch time: 11:25 a.m. PDT (2:25pm EDT / 1825 UTC)”,
oh, I guess I’ve got some time before this happens 😃?
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@11:32:09…
This sucked, without my trusty SFN YouTube, it was really difficult to figure out what TIME it was really going to launch. I caught the first sighting as it had cleared the mountain but it disappeared around the 11 o’clock position due to the clouds. Felt totally lost with the correct time info. The video wasn’t shared due to the “Classified payload”, (that nobody told us about!). They finally posted the launch info:
https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/07/31/space-x-launches-west-coast-falcon-9-rocket-on-starlink-13-4-mission/
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