SpaceX is getting ready to launch one other Falcon 9 rocket within the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday morning The flight will add one other 20 Starlink satellites to the megaconstellation.
The Starlink 9-9 mission options 13 satellites that embrace Direct to Cell capabilities. Liftoff from House Launch Advanced 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg House Power Base is ready for 4:44 a.m. PDT (7:44 a.m. EDT, 1144 UTC).
Spaceflight Now could have stay protection starting about half-hour previous to liftoff.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting the mission, tail quantity B1075 within the SpaceX fleet, will launch for a 14th time. It beforehand supported the flights of Transporter-11, SARah-2, SDA-0A and 10 Starlink missions.
A little bit greater than eight minutes after liftoff, B1075 is ready to land on the SpaceX droneship, ‘Of Course I Nonetheless Love You.’ If profitable, this would be the 106th booster touchdown on OCISLY and the 360th booster touchdown total.
The addition of the most recent baker’s dozen of DTC Starlink satellites carry the whole of that sort of satellite tv for pc to 272.
