SpaceX to launch 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg House Power Base – Spaceflight Now

Replace 2:43 a.m. EDT: SpaceX adjusted the T-0 liftoff time.

Hours after a profitable liftoff from Cape Canaveral House Power Station, SpaceX is getting ready for a second Falcon 9 flight, this time from Vandenberg House Power Base.

Liftoff of the Starlink 9-4 mission is focusing on 2:22 a.m. PDT (5:22 a.m. EDT, 0922 UTC). The rocket will launch from House Launch Advanced 4 East (SLC-4E).

Spaceflight Now may have reside protection starting about half-hour previous to liftoff.

The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, tail quantity B1071 within the SpaceX fleet, shall be launching for a seventeenth time. It beforehand supported the launches of three nationwide safety payloads, two Transporter rideshare missions and 9 Starlink missions.

A bit greater than eight minutes after liftoff, B1071 will land on the SpaceX droneship, ‘Of Course I Nonetheless Love You.’ This would be the 97th booster touchdown for OCISLY and the 332nd booster touchdown to this point.

Among the many 21 Starlink satellites launching on this mission are 13 that characteristic the direct to cell functionality. Assuming a profitable launch, this can carry the entire DTC Starlink satellites as much as 129.