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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites and classified payloads

Posted: Sun, Aug 3, 2025, 12:03 PM ET (1603 GMT)
SpaceX launched some Starlink satellites, and possibly classified payloads, from the West Coast Thursday. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 2:35 pm EDT (1835 GMT) from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The rocket was carrying 19 Starlink satellites, fewer than the typical launch. SpaceX did not provide views of the upper stage during the launch webcast, suggesting that the rocket was carrying additional classified payloads, such as satellites for the military-oriented Starshield system.

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