Falcon 9 launch scheduled from Vandenberg Space Force Base Wednesday night

By Andrew Gillies

Falcon 9 launch scheduled from Vandenberg Space Force Base Wednesday night

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. - SpaceX announced a Falcon 9 launch carrying 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base starting at 11:02 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6 and running through 2:12 a.m. Thursday morning.

Backup launch windows have been scheduled on Friday, Nov. 8 beginning at 10:16 p.m.

Of those Starlink satellites, 13 will have Direct-to-Cell capabilities and are destined for a low-Earth orbit following first-stage separation with the Falcon 9 booster assigned to the mission.

A live webcast of the launch will begin about five minutes before liftoff that you can watch here.

After first-stage separation, the Falcon 9 on this mission will return to Earth to land on the Of Course I Still Love You autonomous drone ship awaiting in the Pacific Ocean as shown in the image below.

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