SpaceX Scheduled to Launch Falcon 9 Rocket Tuesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California
By Space Coast Daily // August 21, 2023
launch targeted for 12:45 a.m. PT on Tuesday
ABOVE VIDEO: SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, August 22 at 12:45 a.m. PT (07:45 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA – SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, August 22 at 12:45 a.m. PT for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
If needed, additional opportunities are available at 1:36 a.m. PT and 2:26 a.m. PT.
Four backup opportunities are also currently available on Tuesday, August 22 starting at 10:45 p.m. PT until 2:05 a.m. PT on August 23.
This is the 15th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar FM15, ISI EROS C-3, and five Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
