May 10, 2025 / 10:10 AM SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from California, Florida over six hours By Allen Cone SpaceX launched 26 satellites to low Earth orbit at 5:19 p.m. PDT on Friday from Vandenberg Space Force Base pad 4E East in California. Photo from SpaceX/X May 10 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched two batches of Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket in a little more than six hours late Friday and early Saturday from California and Florida. First, the private agency launched 26 satellites to low Earth orbit at 5:19 p.m. PDT from Vandenberg Space Force Base pad 4E East in California. It was the 14th launch of this booster, including six previous Starlink missions. Falcon 9 launches 26 @Starlink satellites to orbit from pad 4E in California pic.twitter.com/Obwy1WJy8w— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 10, 2025 About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the booster landed on SpaceX's Of Course I Still Love You drone ship, in the Pacific Ocean. Related The flight was delayed three times, Spaceflightnow.com reported. Watch Falcon 9 launch 26 @Starlink satellites to orbit from California https://t.co/wwh1ynXjzV— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 10, 2025 Then at 2:28 a.m., SpaceX launched 28 satellites to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This was the 11th flight for the 229-foot first stage booster, which previously included Crew-8 and six Starlink missions.