# Two SpaceX missions will launch Falcon 9 rockets to deploy Starlink internet satellites.

*aerospace · news · 2026-04-06 · Ventura County Star*

## Key points

- SpaceX will launch two Falcon 9 missions from Vandenberg to deploy 25 Starlink satellites each.
- Northrop Grumman's Minotaur IV will launch the STP-S29A mission for the Pentagon's Space Test Program.
- The STP-S29A mission will deliver multiple cubesats to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 8.
- Both SpaceX Falcon 9 boosters will attempt drone ship landings in the Pacific Ocean.

**Companies:** SpaceX, Northrop Grumman
**Countries:** United States

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