SpaceX is counting down Saturday to its four-hundredth Falcon 9 rocket launch. The Starlink 9-13 mission from Vandenberg Area Pressure Base in California marks SpaceX’s a hundredth launch from the West Coast.
Liftoff from Area Launch Complicated 4 East (SLC-4E) is scheduled throughout a four-hour launch window that opens at 7:26 p.m. PST (10:26 p.m. EST 0326 UTC). SpaceX didn’t specify a focused launch time, however the CelesTrak web site stated SpaceX had offered it with launch occasions stating the primary alternative happens at 9:25:30 p.m. PST (12:25:30 a.m. EST, 0525:30 UTC).
The mission seems to be the primary time that SpaceX is not going to stream the launch or booster touchdown reside. In contrast to earlier current missions, SpaceX hasn’t made an announcement on its profile on X, previously Twitter, concerning the upcoming launch or methods to view it. Additionally, as of 12:05 p.m. EST (0505 UTC), it has additionally not up to date its web site to replicate the deliberate T-0 liftoff time.
Onboard the Starlink 9-13 mission are 20 V2 Mini satellites, of which 13 characteristic Direct to Cell capabilities.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster for this mission, tail quantity B1075 within the SpaceX fleet, will launch for a fifteenth time. It beforehand supported the launches of Transporter-11, SDA-0A, SARah-2 and 11 Starlink satellites.
A bit greater than eight minutes after liftoff, B1075 will land on the SpaceX droneship, ‘Of Course I Nonetheless Love You.’ If profitable, this would be the one hundred and tenth booster touchdown on OCISLY and the 373rd booster touchdown thus far.
