SpaceX to launch rocket from California
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Before SpaceX launches its massive Starship rocket from South Texas, its Falcon 9 rocket is due to launch in California. How to livestream liftoff.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit for Thursday from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
As SpaceX eyes another Starship rocket launch in Texas, Elon Musk's company also plans two Falcon 9 missions at California's Vandenberg Space Force Base.
A Falcon 9 launch of 24 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB is scheduled for Tuesday, May 19 between 7:11 p.m. and 11:11 p.m. Pacific Time. A live webcast of the launch will begin about five minutes before liftoff.
The International Space Station-bound SpaceX Cargo Dragon is loaded with 6,500 pounds of needed equipment, research gear and crew supplies.
A pair of launches — one a rocket-carrying satellites and the second a missile with a mock warhead — are planned hours apart Tuesday night and Wednesday