At SpaceX, what has gone up has now successfully come down 600 times. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California on Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Image credit: SpaceX) Lifting off at 12:03 p.m. EDT (1603 GMT or 9:03 a.m. PDT local time) from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base , the latest Falcon 9 rocket to fly deployed the Starlink broadband internet relay satellites ( Group 17-22 ) an hour and two minutes after leaving Southern California. The 25 spacecraft added to SpaceX's megaconstellation, which numbers more than 10,275 satellites circling the planet. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California on April 19. The mission featured the 600th landing of a Falcon first stage.…