VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – A Falcon 9 launch of 25 Starlink satellites destined for low-Earth orbit is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg SFB between midnight and 4 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.

By Joey Roulette Feb 3 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX has paused flights of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket over an unspecified issue that its second stage experienced after successfully deploying Starlink satellites into orbit on Monday,

A plume of upper-atmospheric lithium pollution observed in February 2025 has been attributed to the reentry of a specific rocket stage. The results, published in Communications Earth & Environment, are the first known direct detection of upper-atmospheric pollution from space debris reentry.

SpaceX launched a first stage booster Monday morning from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Its Falcon 9 is aiming to launch 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit, officials said.

A Falcon 9 launched Starlink satellites on Feb. 7 after SpaceX completed an investigation into an engine malfunction during the rocket’s previous launch.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch multiple satellites into orbit Saturday out of southern California. The launch is scheduled to take place out of Vandenberg Space Force Base on Feb.

Scientists tracked lithium pollution from a SpaceX Falcon 9 reentry in real time, linking rocket debris to atmospheric changes using LIDAR measurements over Europe.