SpaceX Midnight Rocket Launch from Vandenberg Successful

Update by the edhat staff
November 30, 2024

On Saturday, November 30 at 12:10 a.m., SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-126 mission and 20 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

This was the first flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission.

Watch the launch below:

Watch Falcon 9 launch 24 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida https://t.co/KuUVNuZ016

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 30, 2024

Rocket Launch Scheduled for Early Saturday at Vandenberg

By the edhat staff
November 29, 2024

A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch early Saturday morning from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

The launch time is scheduled for 12:10 a.m. as the NROL-126 mission for a four-hour launch window, Vandenberg confirmed.

If needed, an additional launch opportunity is available the same day, with the four-hour launch window opening at 11:54 p.m.

SpaceX’s rocket will launch a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which will include the fifth batch of satellites for the agency’s so-called proliferated architecture.

Eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will land on the droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You,’ in the Pacific Ocean.