Tag: SLC-4E
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SpaceX launches Starlink Group 4-11 from Vandenberg
At 12:12pm EST (17:12 UTC), SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket for the Starlink Group 4-11 mission from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Falcon 9 took a total of 50 Starlink satellites to orbit during the mission. Starlink is SpaceX’s satellite constellation designed to provide broadband internet around the globe. Each Starlink…
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SpaceX launches Starlink Group 4-11 from Vandenberg
At 12:12pm EST (17:12 UTC), SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket for the Starlink Group 4-11 mission from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Falcon 9 took a total of 50 Starlink satellites to orbit during the mission. Starlink is SpaceX’s satellite constellation designed to provide broadband internet around the globe. Each Starlink…
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SpaceX launches second Falcon 9 of the week with NROL-87
SpaceX has launched the National Reconnaissance Office Launch (NROL)-87 mission on their third dedicated mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). NROL-87 launched on top of a brand-new SpaceX Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex-4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California. Liftoff occurred on February 2 at 12:27 PM PST (20:27…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 completes rare 53 degree inclination launch from Vandenberg
In the company’s third-to-last launch of 2021, SpaceX deployed another group of Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit early on Saturday morning. The Starlink Group 4-4 mission launched 52 Starlink satellites into a 53.22° inclination orbit at 4:41 AM PST (12:41 UTC) Saturday morning. The mission lifted off from SLC-4E (Space Launch Complex 4 East)…
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SpaceX begins second Starlink shell with Vandenberg launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying a total of 51 second-generation Starlink satellites into orbit. This was the first launch in support of deploying the second shell of Starlink satellites. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 4-East (SLC-4E) at 8:55 PM Pacific time…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 lofts three Canadian radar satellites
SpaceX deployed Canada’s Radarsat Constellation via a Falcon 9 launch Wednesday. Lifting off from California’s Vandenberg Air Force base at 07:17 Pacific Time (14:17 UTC), Falcon delivered the three radar-imaging satellites to orbit a little over an hour after launch. (Lead photo by Sam Sun for NSF/L2 – full set in L2, here) The Radarsat…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches SSO-A multi-sat mission
SpaceX will for the first time launch a Falcon 9 booster on its third flight on Monday, as part of a mission to deliver a cluster of small satellites to low Earth orbit. Liftoff is scheduled for a twenty-eight minute launch window that opens at 10:31 Pacific Time (18:31 UTC). T-0 occurred at 34 minutes…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches with SAOCOM 1A and nails first West Coast landing
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the first West Coast return-to-launch-site mission Sunday. The launch, whose primary mission was to deploy Argentina’s SAOCOM 1A radar imaging satellite, took place from Vandenberg Air Force Base’s Space Launch Complex 4E at 19:22 Pacific Time (02:22 UTC on Monday). Falcon’s first stage successfully touched down at the nearby…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches with SAOCOM 1A and nails first West Coast landing
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the first West Coast return-to-launch-site mission Sunday. The launch, whose primary mission was to deploy Argentina’s SAOCOM 1A radar imaging satellite, took place from Vandenberg Air Force Base’s Space Launch Complex 4E at 19:22 Pacific Time (02:22 UTC on Monday). Falcon’s first stage successfully touched down at the nearby…
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SpaceX conducts static fire test ahead of SAOCOM-1A mission, first west coast RTLS
SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket conducted its Static Fire test on Tuesday, ahead of is its next launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base – set for the weekend. This launch will be the second reflight of a Block 5 Falcon 9 first stage, core B1048. The flight will also include the first west coast Return…