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The Starlink 11-19 mission was SpaceX’s 50th launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in 2025. Liftoff from pad Space Launch Complex 4 East happened at 12:24 p.m. PDT (3:24 p.m. EDT / 1924 UTC).

The NROL-105 mission is the first of about a dozen missions planned for 2026 that support the NRO’s so-called proliferated architecture satellite constellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 8:39:51 p.m. PST (11:39:51 p.m. EST / 0439:51 UTC).

There were more successful space launches in 2014 than in any year since 1992, with Russia, the United States and China responsible for more than 80 percent of global launch activity.