SpaceX conducts maiden flight of Booster 1100, launches 28 Starlink smallsats from Vandenberg

Booster 1100 made its maiden flight on Nov. 23, lifting off from Vandenberg SLC‑4E at 12:48 a.m. PT and deploying 28 Starlink smallsats into low Earth orbit. The mission followed a Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral on Nov. 22 that placed 29 additional Starlink smallsats.

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The flight keeps pace with SpaceX's aggressive launch tempo and supports the company's push toward roughly 165–170 Falcon 9 launches this year.
Back‑to‑back Coast launches — 29 smallsats from the Cape on Nov. 22 and 28 from Vandenberg on Nov. 23 — continue the rapid Starlink constellation buildout and record Falcon 9 cadence, increasing demand on range, recovery and production resources.
Maiden flight of Booster 1100 expands operational booster availability, a key factor in sustaining high sortie rates documented across recent Falcon 9 missions (see the Cape Canaveral 100th orbital launch summary for context: https://hype.aero/?story=c7689261-53f5-4a2b-9258-00bf2ddc71ab).

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