The Starlink 11-22 mission was SpaceX’s 50th Starlink launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 4:40 p.m. PDT (7:40 p.m. EDT, 2340 UTC).
A forecast of low ceilings, thick clouds and rainy weather Thursday has led NASA and Northrop Grumman officials to push back the launch of an Antares rocket and a space station-bound supply ship from Virginia’s Eastern Shore to Friday morning.
The Starlink 10-17 mission added another 28 broadband satellites into low Earth orbit. SpaceX achieved liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 1:39 p.m. EDT (1739 UTC) towards the end of Sunday’s four-hour launch window.