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For live updates on today’s launch, read our story here: Live updates: SpaceX ‘keeping an eye on upper-level winds’ ahead of Vandenberg launch. A SpaceX rocket will launch from Vandenberg ...
The launch is scheduled for 10:39 a.m., with a backup opportunity on Friday at the same time, according to SpaceX. The launch will use the company’s Falcon 9 rocket; the first-stage booster that ...
The SpaceX launch will likely be viewable from around the Central Coast, depending on the weather conditions and whether Vandenberg’s infamous fog makes an appearance as it did on Thursday.
SpaceX launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 8:40 p.m. on June 18, 2024. A view of the SpaceX rocket launch June 18, 2024, from Platino Lane in Arroyo Grande.
This launch marked a turnaround record for SpaceX; the launch occurred 3 days, 21 hours and 41 minutes after SpaceX's previous mission from SLC-40. The previous record was set the month before at the same launch pad. 245 8 August 2023 03:57 [150] F9 B5 B1075.5: Vandenberg, SLC‑4E: Starlink: Group 6-20 (15 satellites) ~12,000 kg (26,000 lb ...
Space Launch Complex 4 (SLC-4) is a launch and landing site at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, U.S. It has two pads, both of which are used by SpaceX for Falcon 9, one for launch operations, and the other as Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) for SpaceX landings. The complex was previously used by Atlas and Titan rockets between 1963 and 2005.
It’s the aerospace company’s 11th rocket launch from Vandenberg this year. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
In 2023, SpaceX secured a lease agreement for SLC-6, with plans to modify the facility for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches commencing in 2025. Vandenberg's southward launch trajectory is advantageous for deploying satellites into high-inclination polar and Sun-synchronous orbits, needed for weather forecasting, Earth observation, and ...