SpaceX plans early morning rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base
KSBY News • • science
Key Points:
- SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base early Monday morning, March 30, with a 57-minute launch window opening at 3:20 a.m.
- The mission, named Transporter-16, will carry 119 payloads into orbit, including cubesats, microsats, a reentry vehicle, orbital transfer vehicles, and other hosted payloads.
- A livestream of the launch will begin approximately 15 minutes before liftoff, and the rocket’s first stage booster is planned to land on a droneship in the Pacific Ocean about eight minutes after launch.
- If the launch is scrubbed on Monday, a backup window is available at the same time on Tuesday, March 31.
- SpaceX has two additional launches from Vandenberg scheduled for April 2 and April 6.
