SpaceX Launches From Vandenberg With Military Payload
Thursday April 11, 2024
(Launch, Flight, Landing, Deployment)
(Photos courtesy SpaceX)
Update--SpaceX launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in northwestern Santa Barbara County Thursday morning.
The payload atop the Falcon-9 rocket is for the Department of Defense USSF-62 Mission.
It is described as the next generation of environmental satellite to provide valuable information for military operations.
Launch time was at 7:25 AM.
This was the third launch of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched two Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the first stage landed on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.