SpaceX is counting down Saturday to its 400th Falcon 9 rocket launch. The Starlink 9-13 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California marks SpaceX’s 100th launch from the West Coast.
Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) is scheduled during a four-hour launch window that opens at 7:26 p.m. PST (10:26 p.m. EST 0326 UTC). SpaceX did not specify a targeted launch time, but the CelesTrak website said SpaceX had provided it with launch times stating the first opportunity occurs at 9:25:30 p.m. PST (12:25:30 a.m. EST, 0525:30 UTC).
Onboard the Starlink 9-13 mission are 20 V2 Mini satellites, of which 13 feature Direct to Cell capabilities.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster for this mission, tail number B1075 in the SpaceX fleet, will launch for a 15th time. It previously supported the launches of Transporter-11, SDA-0A, SARah-2 and 11 Starlink satellites.
A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, B1075 will land on the SpaceX droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You.’ If successful, this will be the 110th booster landing on OCISLY and the 373rd booster landing to date.
