SpaceX Launches From Vandenberg
Monday November 18, 2024
(Launch file photo courtesy SpaceX)
Updated--SpaceX launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base Sunday night.
Liftoff was 9:53 p.m. PT.
The payload was 20 Starlink satellites, 13 of them with direct to cell capability.
This was the 20th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Transporter-8, Transporter-9, NROL-85, NROL-87, SWOT, SARah-1, NROL-146, and 12 Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast.
Another SpaceX Falcon 9 launch with Starlink satellites is tentatively set for Thursday night.
