A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 15-24 mission on Sept. 6, 2026. Image: SpaceX
Update Sept. 5, 11:46 a.m. EDT (1546 UTC): SpaceX deployed its 27 Starlink satellites.
SpaceX completed a Labor Day weekend launch of its Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The Sunday morning flight was the 80th Starlink mission this year.
Liftoff of the Starlink 15-24 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East happened at 7:26 a.m. PDT (10:26 a.m. EDT / 1426 UTC). The rocket flew on a southeasterly trajectory upon leaving the pad.
SpaceX launched the mission using the Falcon 9 first stage booster with the tail number B1088. It flew for a 19th time after previously launching three national security missions, Transporter-12, NASA’s SPHEREx, and 13 batches of Starlink satellites.
