SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB – Spaceflight Now

Update Sept. 28, 2:42 p.m. EDT (1842 UTC): SpaceX adjusted the T-0 liftoff time.

SpaceX is getting ready for its closing, scheduled launch of September. This is a Falcon 9 flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base late Sunday afternoon.

The Starlink 11-20 mission will see 28 of SpaceX’s broadband web satellites head into low Earth orbit with deployment scheduled for somewhat greater than an hour after liftoff.

SpaceX is focusing on a departure from Space Launch Complex 4 East at 6:28 p.m. PDT (9:28 p.m. EDT / 0128 UTC). The Falcon 9 rocket will fly on a south-easterly trajectory upon liftoff.

Spaceflight Now could have reside protection starting about half-hour previous to liftoff.



SpaceX will use one among its most flown Falcon 9 boosters to launch this mission: B1063. The Starlink 11-20 mission shall be its twenty eighth flight, following missions like NASA’s DART, Transporter-7 and Sentinel-6 Michael Frelich.

Nearly 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1063 will goal a touchdown on the SpaceX drone ship, Of Course I Still Love You. If profitable, this would be the 154th contact down for this vessel and the 513th booster touchdown so far.

The Starlink 11-20 mission is SpaceX’s 88th mission supporting its megaconstellation this 12 months.