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Starlink Group 4-11

Falcon 9 Block 5

SpaceX

Launch Status
Success

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Trajectory

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Mission

Starlink Group 4-11

  • Type: Communications
  • Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
  • Launch Cost: $52,000,000

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A batch of 50 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Location

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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Space Launch Complex 4E has witnessed the launch of 196 rockets, including 196 orbital launch attempts. While Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, has been the site for 810 rocket launches.

Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.

Rocket

SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Landing

Core B1063

B1063 successfully landed on Of Course I Still Love You Booster B1063 last launched 04/28/2025 and has seen 25 successful launches and landings. Notable launches include Sentinel-6 and Dart.

Of Course I Still Love You - OCISLY

The second ASDS barge, Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) services launches in the Pacific Ocean and was the site of the first landing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage during CRS-8, the launch of a Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.

Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship - ASDS

An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is an ocean-going vessel derived from a deck barge, outfitted with station-keeping engines and a large landing platform. Construction of such ships was commissioned by aerospace company SpaceX to allow for recovery of rocket first-stages at sea for high-velocity missions which do not carry enough fuel to return to the launch site after lofting spacecraft onto an orbital trajectory.

Agency

SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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Tobywon
Tobywon
3 years ago

Drone landing or base landing?

Art Masson
Art Masson
Reply to  Tobywon
3 years ago

Drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY)

Ken & Judy
Ken & Judy
Reply to  Tobywon
3 years ago

? not sure at this stage maybe “Rocket Monkey” may know.?

Kiks
Kiks
Reply to  Rocket Monkey
3 years ago

According to a friend of mine who works inside Vandenberg, it is going to be a drone landing.

Ken & Judy
Ken & Judy
3 years ago

to space, for earth.

Ralph Chaney
Ralph Chaney
3 years ago

Yes, How do we learn if the booster will land on the drone-ship, or back at the base?

Aaron Gosnell
Aaron Gosnell
3 years ago

Yes.That is correct.We’ll know more when they post it to this page.

Dylan Welch
Dylan Welch
3 years ago

EX citing Launch date. I wonder what kind of popcorn EM likes

Teri
Teri
3 years ago

I can usually see the rocket on the launch pad by now. Do you think the date will be moved?

Robert C Reeve
Robert C Reeve
Reply to  Teri
3 years ago

It’s launching for California

Marc
Marc
3 years ago

Which direction (N/S/E/W) will the Falcon be heading right after liftoff?

Marc
Marc
Reply to  Rocket Monkey
3 years ago

Very helpful! Thanks.

For that data, click Launches in the top nav, then select Next Launch.

Kiks
Kiks
3 years ago

Opening window is at 8:38 am tomorrow.

Ralph Chaney
Ralph Chaney
3 years ago

This is great information… Thank You! I will join! How can we find out where the drone ship was located for the touchdown. An earlier mission had the drone ship off the coast of Ensenada, Mexico. For this mission, after separation, from the booster camera we could see the channel… Read more »

Ken & Judy
Ken & Judy
3 years ago

Great launch as normal and video footage . The Drone landing at sea perfect yet again.
Go SpaceX.