SpaceX is ready to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with one other 20 Starlink satellites from California Sunday evening.
The Starlink 9/11 mission will characteristic 13 satellites that embrace Direct to Cell capabilities. Liftoff from Area Launch Complicated 4 East (SLC-4E) from Vandenberg Area Power Base is ready for 9:47 p.m. PST (12:47 a.m. EST, 0547 UTC).
Spaceflight Now can have dwell protection starting about half-hour previous to launch.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, tail quantity B1071 within the SpaceX fleet, will launch for an twentieth time. It beforehand launched two rideshare missions (Transporter-8 and Transporter-9), three nationwide safety missions (NROL-85, NROL-87 and NROL-146) and 12 Starlink missions.
Slightly greater than eight minutes after liftoff, B1071 will land on the SpaceX droneship, ‘Of Course I Nonetheless Love You.’ If profitable, this would be the 109th touchdown on OCISLY and the 370th booster touchdown so far.
The payload on this flight contains 13 Starlink satellites which have Direct to Cell capabilities. Following the launch of Starlink 9/11 on Nov. 14, Ben Longmier, the senior director of satellite tv for pc engineering at SpaceX, stated there have been “three extra launches to finish the primary satellite tv for pc constellation for Starlink Direct to Cell.”
3 extra launches to finish the primary satellite tv for pc constellation for @Starlink Direct to Cell. https://t.co/Vczdet1Qqx
— Ben Longmier (@longmier) November 14, 2024
