SpaceX's 100th Starlink Mission Soars with West Coast Falcon 9 Launch

SpaceX successfully launched its 100th Starlink mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Falcon 9 rocket carried 21 second-generation Starlink satellites, bringing the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 4,983. This launch marked the 13th deployment of the company's next-generation satellites, which offer four times the broadband capacity of previous models. The first stage of the Falcon 9 landed on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' in the Pacific, while the second stage deployed the satellites into orbit. Another batch of Starlink satellites is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral soon.