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The mission opportunity came as solar activity triggered an alert from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for a severe geomagnetic storm alert, which could impact the Starlink satellites. The launch teams are now targeting Tuesday, June 3 at 12:29 a.m. EDT (0429 UTC).

The mission was the 25th flight of the Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number 1071. The Falcon 9 lifted off from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:10 p.m. PDT (4:10 p.m. EDT, 2010 UTC).

The Starlink 10-32 mission saw a Falcon 9 rocket fly in a north-easterly trajectory after launching from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX launched the mission at 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 UTC).

The mission was SpaceX’s 480th Falcon 9 rocket launch to date. Launch teams completed the liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East at 9:57 a.m. PDT (12:57 p.m. EDT, 1657 UTC).

The Starlink 12-22 mission was the 45 Starlink mission of the year. SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 24 at 1:19 p.m. EDT (1719 UTC).