Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB rescheduled to Thursday
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – SpaceX has rescheduled a Falcon 9 launch of 27 Starlink satellites destined for low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg SFB for Thursday, April 3 at 6:02 p.m.
Backup launch opportunities will be available until 7:38 p.m. of the same day as well as Friday, April 4 starting at 3:32 p.m. shared SpaceX.
A live webcast of the launch can be watched here and will begin about five minutes before liftoff.
Following first-stage separation, the Falcon 9 assigned to this mission will return to Earth to land on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
The image below, courtesy of SpaceX, shows the sequence of events as part of the launch.
SpaceX warns that one or more sonic booms may occur during the launch and how far that sound will travel will depend on weather and other conditions.
This will be the fifth flight for the first-stage booster assigned to this mission which previously launched the following missions: NROL-126, Transporter-12, SPHEREx, and NROL-57.
