Vandenberg Space Force Base launches SpaceX Transporter-8 mission

By Lily Dallow

June 12, 2023 1:02 pm

Published June 12, 2023 2:00 pm

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – SpaceX launched a Transporter-8 mission aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Monday afternoon.

SpaceX postponed this launch from 2:19 p.m. to 2:35 p.m. on Monday.

New T-0 of 2:35 p.m. PT for launch of the Transporter-8 mission from SLC-4E
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 12, 2023

This mission sent 72 payloads into low-Earth orbit, including CubeSats, MicroSats, a re-entry capsule, and orbital transfer vehicles carrying spacecraft to be deployed at a later time, according to SpaceX.

Transporter-8 is SpaceX’s eighth dedicated smallsat rideshare mission.

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