Tag: Vandenberg Space Force Base

SpaceX Conducts Bicoastal Falcon 9 Launches, Deploys 54 Starlink Satellites

SPACE reports, “SpaceX marched into the new month with a pair of Starlink launches from opposite coasts.”  The first Falcon 9 launch took place from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 5:10 a.m. EST, resulting in the successful deployment of 25 Starlink satellites (Group 17-23). “Nearly 12 hours later, at 9:56 p.m. EST (0256 GMT March 2), another Falcon 9 carrying 29 Starlink satellites (Group 10-41) launched from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.”
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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocket. (Launch occurs at the 1:00:16 mark)
Spaceflight Now; YouTube

SpaceX Pulls Off Dual-Coast Starlink Launch Doubleheader

SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets Wednesday, each carrying Starlink satellites, one from Kennedy Space Center in Florida and another from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. As SPACE reports, “First up was a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 of the broadband internet relay units (Group 6-99) into low Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The satellites were successfully deployed about an hour and five minutes after the 8:42 a.m. EST (1342 GMT) liftoff … Then came 27 more Starlink satellites (Group 15-13), riding atop a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Lifting off at 10:27 a.m. EST”
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches with 21 Communications Satellites for Space Development Agency

SPACE reports SpaceX launched 21 satellites for an advanced new U.S. military constellation this evening (Oct. 15). A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base “today at 7:06 p.m. EDT (2306 GMT; 4:06 p.m. local California time), on a mission for the Space Development Agency (SDA).”
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Falcon 9 Launches with 21 Communications Satellites (Launch occurs at the 17:13 mark)
Space Affairs; YouTube

SpaceX Launches its 450th Falcon 9, Sets New Record for Booster Turnaround Time

Spaceflight Now reports, “The National Reconnaissance Office launched its eighth batch of satellites to support its proliferated architecture constellation. The mission includes a number of notable milestones for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket program, including a record-fast turnaround time for its booster. The rocket carried an unspecified number of satellites that are believed to be Starshield, a government variant of the Starlink satellites that are built by SpaceX in partnership with Northrop Grumman. This was SpaceX’s 450th Falcon 9 launch to date.”
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SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 for 450th time (Launch occurs at 32:38)
(Spaceflight Now; YouTube)

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 70+ Payloads in Transporter-13 Mission

Space News reports, “A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched more than 70 payloads in the latest in its series of dedicated rideshare missions that have reshaped the small satellite industry. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 2:43 a.m. Eastern March 15 on the Transporter-13 mission. SpaceX said Transporter-13 carried 74 payloads, including hosted payloads and satellites that will be deployed later from an orbital transfer vehicle by D-Orbit. SpaceX’s website listed 47 separate deployments planned over 90 minutes.”
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SpaceX Transporter 13 Launch
(The Launch Pad; YouTube)

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 23 Starlink Satellites from California

Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX launched its latest batch of Starlink satellites from California during a Falcon 9 flight Friday morning. Liftoff of the Starlink 11-6 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) happened at 6:07 a.m. PST (9:07 a.m. EST, 1407 UTC).”
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg  (Launch at 18:59 mark)
(NASASpaceflight; YouTube)

SpaceX Falcon 9 Marks 175th Flight from Cape Canaveral

Spaceflight Now reports “SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Monday evening with 23 Starlink satellites on board,” marking the 175th SpaceX launch “from its workhorse pad to date.”
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral
(Spaceflight Now; YouTube)

SpaceX Launches 23 More Starlink Satellites from California

SPACE reports, “SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California on Monday (March 11), in the second leg of a spaceflight doubleheader.“ SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off at 12:09 a.m. EDT from Vandenberg Space Force Base carrying the Starlink payload.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:09 a.m. EDT on March 11, 2024
(VideoFromSpace; YouTube)