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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit

Published : 23 Oct 2025, 02:32

  DF News Desk

U.S. private space company SpaceX launched 28 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit on Wednesday, reported Xinhua.

The satellites lifted off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 7:16 a.m. Pacific Time (1416 GMT) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in the U.S. state of California, according to SpaceX.

Following stage separation, the rocket's first-stage booster landed on the "Of Course I Still Love You" drone ship, positioned in the Pacific Ocean.

Starlink is a satellite internet service provided by SpaceX that offers broadband internet to users worldwide through a network of thousands of small satellites in low-Earth orbit.