Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base scheduled Tuesday evening
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – A Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base carrying 20 Starlink satellites destined for low-Earth orbit is scheduled for Tuesday, Sep. 24 beginning at 9:01 p.m.
Backup launch opportunities are available on Wednesday, Sep. 25, starting at 8:37 p.m.
According to SpaceX, 13 of those Starlink satellites will have Direct to Cell capabilities which can be used on unmodified cell phones as shown in the image below.
After the first stage separation, the Falcon 9 booster on the mission will return to Earth to land on the Of Course I Still Love You (shown in the image below), an autonomous drone ship awaiting in the Pacific Ocean.
A live webcast of the launch will begin five minutes before liftoff and can be found here.
This will be the tenth mission for the Falcon 9 on this mission which previously launched the following missions: NASA Crew-7, CRS-29, NROL-186, EarthCARE, Transporter-10, PACE, and three Starlink missions.
