The firm plans to launch 22 Starlink satellites from its Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday that may be seen above Southern California.
SAN DIEGO — SpaceX plans to launch one other batch of its Starlink web satellites into low-earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County on Saturday early night, December 28, 2024.
The firm plans to launch 22 Starlink satellites from its Falcon 9 rocket.
According to SpaceX, on Saturday, Dec 28.a Falcon 9 launch of twenty-two Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX’s earlier rocket launches had been captured flying throughout San Diego County skies.
Targeted liftoff
The liftoff is scheduled for Saturday at 5:48 p.m. PT however has a window open till 9:31 p.m. PT.
This is the sixteenth flight for the primary stage booster supporting this mission, SpaceX stated. The firm stated that following the stage separation. the primary stage will land on the “Of Course I Still Love You” drone ship, which will likely be stationed within the Pacific Ocean.
A reside webcast of this mission will start about 5 minutes previous to liftoff, which you’ll watch on SpaceX.com.
Previous Falcon 9 launches had been live-streamed on the corporate’s web site.
WATCH THE REPLAY OF THE DEC 16 LAUNCH:
Photos from earlier SpaceX launches seen over San Diego
PHOTOS | SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket seen throughout San Diego County
What is Falcon 9?
According to SpaceX, Falcon 9 is a “reusable, two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the dependable and secure transport of individuals and payloads into Earth orbit and past.”
Falcon 9 is taken into account the world’s first orbital-class reusable rocket.
What is Starlink?
Starlink is “the world’s first and largest satellite tv for pc constellation utilizing a low Earth orbit to ship broadband web able to supporting streaming, on-line gaming, video calls and extra,” in accordance with the service’s web site.
The “constellation” of satellites consists of 1000’s of satellites that orbit Earth at an altitude of about 550 km, or 341 3/4 miles.
The satellites connect with antennas that customers arrange at their properties to supply web entry.
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