SpaceX猎鹰9号自范登堡升空送27颗星链卫星入轨：加州追平年度71次发射纪录
位于美国加利福尼亚州圣巴巴拉县的范登堡太空军基地，10月23日下午迎来今年第71次航天发射：SpaceX 的猎鹰9号火箭于太平洋时间15时48分自4号航天发射场（SLC-4E）升空，把27颗星链互联网卫星送入近地轨道。据太空军官员介绍，71次追平了加州在2025年创下的年度发射纪录。
这枚两级火箭原定10月20日升空，此前三度推迟。升空后火箭沿东南方向飞行，一级助推器在级间分离后返回，落在太平洋海域的无人船「Of Course I Still Love You」上回收复用。SLC-4E 由 SpaceX 向管理该基地的美国太空军租用。
打破纪录的第72次发射已排定：同样由猎鹰9号执行、再送27颗星链卫星，不早于10月26日升空，发射窗口为太平洋时间10月26日21时45分至10月27日1时45分。
范登堡的发射节奏还在加快。SpaceX 将接管翻新后的6号航天发射场，该场可支持其更大的猎鹰重型火箭、此前从未在加州发射；蓝色起源计划在基地最南端的14号航天发射场发射其320英尺高的 New Glenn 火箭，联合发射联盟则筹备 Vulcan 火箭在3号航天发射场的西海岸首飞。太空军近期还宣布就北区新设的9号航天发射场招租，供中小型火箭使用；Northrop Grumman 与 Firefly Aerospace 在基地也有运营。
SpaceX Falcon 9 Sends 27 Starlink Satellites From Vandenberg, Tying California's Record of 71 Launches in a Year
Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California, hosted the state's 71st space launch of 2026 on October 23, as a SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off at 3:48 p.m. PT from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) carrying 27 Starlink internet satellites to low-Earth orbit. According to Space Force officials, the 71 launches tie California's annual record set in 2025.
The two-stage rocket had originally been set to lift off on October 20 and was delayed three times. After stage separation, the booster returned and landed on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean for reuse. SpaceX leases SLC-4E from the U.S. Space Force, which manages the base.
The record-setting 72nd launch is already scheduled: another Falcon 9 carrying 27 more Starlink satellites, no earlier than October 26, with a launch window from 9:45 p.m. PT on October 26 to 1:45 a.m. PT on October 27.
Vandenberg's pace is set to quicken further. SpaceX will take over the refurbished Space Launch Complex 6, outfitted for its larger Falcon Heavy, which has never launched from California; Blue Origin plans to fly its 320-foot New Glenn from Space Launch Complex 14 at the base's southern tip, and United Launch Alliance is preparing the West Coast debut of its Vulcan rocket at SLC-3 East. The Space Force also recently sought applicants to lease the new Space Launch Complex 9 for small- and medium-lift rockets, and Northrop Grumman and Firefly Aerospace also operate at the base.
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图片来源：猎鹰9号火箭携星链卫星自范登堡太空军基地4号航天发射场升空（2026年4月同基地星链任务资料图）。照片：美国太空军，公共领域。 / A Falcon 9 carrying Starlink satellites lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base (file photo from an April 2026 Starlink mission at the same base). Photo: U.S. Space Force, public domain.
