Overview
- The Starlink Group 11-20 mission lifted off at 7:04 p.m. PT on Sept. 28 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, carrying 28 satellites to low Earth orbit.
- First stage booster B1063 landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific after stage separation.
- SpaceX deployed the satellite stack roughly an hour after liftoff, continuing the rapid buildout of its broadband network.
- The launch produced a bright exhaust plume visible across Southern California, Las Vegas, and parts of Arizona, with residents also reporting sonic booms that SpaceX had warned about.
- Coverage noted differing tallies for SpaceX’s 2025 launch counts and constellation size, reflecting inconsistencies across outlets in how totals are reported.