SpaceX is counting down Saturday to its four-hundredth Falcon 9 rocket launch. The Starlink 9-13 mission from Vandenberg Area Drive Base in California marks SpaceX’s one centesimal launch from the West Coast.
Liftoff from Area Launch Advanced 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 supplied it with launch instances stating the primary alternative happens at 9:25:30 p.m. PST (12:25:30 a.m. EST, 0525:30 UTC).
Onboard the Starlink 9-13 mission are 20 V2 Mini satellites, of which 13 function 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 little 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.
