SpaceX Marks 2nd Straight Month of 8 Falcon Launches from Vandenberg | Native Information

For the second month in a row, eight Falcon 9 rockets have launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base to ship dozens of satellites into orbit.

The West Coast staff for SpaceX capped October with a rocket’s departure at 1:41 p.m. Friday from Space Launch Complex-4 on South Base.

The first-stage booster efficiently accomplished its twenty ninth launch and touchdown when it touched down on the droneship within the Pacific Ocean.

The rocket carried 28 Starlink satellites into house, with the corporate confirming as hour after departure that deployment occurred.

Last month, the West Coast staff marked their first-ever eight-mission month, spurred on by a Kiko Dontchev, SpaceX vp of launch, promise which he has since paid off.

“Promises made. Promises kept! Pie’s to the face and chicken suit dunk tank for an 8 launch month on the West Coast. If all goes well, the  @SpaceX West Coast team will fly tomorrow and complete back to back months with 8 launches each!” Dontchev posted Thursday.

Accompanying the submit was proof of his payoff — footage and video him sporting a rooster costume whereas stoically taking a number of pies to the face and sitting in a dunk tank.

The Halloween launch additionally marked the one centesimal Falcon mission to ship Starlinlk satellites for 2025, with roughly 40 occurring from Vandenberg and the remainder happening from Florida.

November will deliver extra Falcon flights from Vandenberg. 

But the West Coast’s first launch of the month is about to be an unarmed Minuteman III missile take a look at early Wednesday morning from North Base.

The take a look at launch is a part of a program to gather knowledge on the accuracy and reliability of the intercontinental ballistic missile fleet. Those checks are scheduled years upfront with preparations beginning months forward of the blastoff and aren’t associated to any heightened tensions world wide.