A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Nov. 10, 2025. File Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo
SpaceX launched another 28 satellites into low-Earth orbit early Sunday morning, with the possibility that residents of southern California were awakened by the sonic boom in the middle of the night.
“There was a possibility that residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties may have heard one or more sonic booms during the launch,” SpaceX said in a statement. “What residents experienced depended on weather and other conditions.”
SpaceX said it launched the satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California around 12:48 a.m. PT.
Falcon 9 launches 28 @Starlink satellites from California pic.twitter.com/VKcQNfc5Jr— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 23, 2025
The launch marked the first flight for the first-stage booster supporting this mission, SpaceX said. The first stage later landed on a floating barge stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
The launch was previously delayed from Nov. 19. The payload for the launch included 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites.
SpaceX launches probes for NASA, NOAA
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches a mission carrying satellites for NASA and NOAA from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 24, 2025. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo
