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Falcon-9 Rocket Launched From Vandenberg

Wednesday October 30, 2024

(Launch file photo courtesy SpaceX)

     Updated--A SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket launched Wednesday morning from Vandenberg SFB in northwestern Santa Barbara County.

     Liftoff was 5:07 AM Wednesday morning.

     The payload, 20 Starlink satellites, 13 of them with Direct to Cell capabilities that were deployed into low earth orbit.

       This was the 14th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched SDA-0A, Transporter-11, SARah-2, and 10 Starlink missions.

     Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which was stationed in the Pacific Ocean.