SpaceX launches 24 additional Starlink satellites

In its second launch today, SpaceX successfully placed 24 Starlink satellites into orbit, its Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The first stage (B1103) completed its 5th flight (27 days after its previous mission), landing on a drone ship in the Pacific. The leaders in the 2026 launch race: 97 SpaceX 52 China 11