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SpaceX delays it’s launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base to Thursday evening

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VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – SpaceX delayed the Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base scheduled for Thursday, May 9.

SpaceX did not give a reason for it's delay

The Falcon 9 launch would have carried 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, destined for low-Earth orbit and departing from Space Launch Complex 4 East.

This would have been the fourth mission for the Falcon 9 first-stage booster which previously launched USSF-62 and two Starlink missions.

After first-stage separation, the booster would have returned to Earth to land on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

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