Falcon 9 launches 27 more Starlink satellites from Vandenberg

SpaceX said Falcon 9 lifted off at 12:25 a.m. PT on Oct. 27, 2026 from Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 4E and placed 27 Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit. The company said it was the booster's 26th flight, after USSF-62, OneWeb Launch 20, NROL-145, Transporter-18 and 22 Starlink missions counting this flight, and that the first stage landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship. Spaceflight Now reported the same liftoff clock time and a landing; its writeup still described satellite release as upcoming and labeled 3:25 a.m. EDT as 0825 UTC, which is an hour later than that Eastern time.