Liftoff: SpaceX launches latest rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base
SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base Monday after at a delay Sunday morning.
Liftoff: SpaceX launches latest rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base Monday after at a delay Sunday morning. Check out this story on vcstar.com: https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2018/12/03/spacex-launche-latest-rocket-vandenberg-air-force-base/2192984002/
Staff reports Published 11:06 a.m. PT Dec. 3, 2018 | Updated 11:09 a.m. PT Dec. 3, 2018
This image from SpaceX shows the Falocn 9 rocket after it landed back at Vandenberg Air Force Base Sunday night, the first such return-to-launch landing on the West Coast.(Photo: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/SPACEX)
The spacecraft company confirmed the liftoff at 10:34 a.m., according to a companytweet.
SpaceX teams have been quietly prepping the rocket for the launch that is expected to shatter four company records and push the envelope on reusability ambitions.
The company's 19th mission of 2018 took flight from the air base in Santa Barbara County during a 30-minute window that opened at about 10:32 a.m. Pacific time, with dozens of satellites for Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries.
Launch Monday (rescheduled from Sunday):
Rocket: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: Spaceflight's SSO-A SmallSat Express
Launch time: 10:34 a.m. Pacific
Window: 11:01 a.m. Pacific
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex-4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base
Landing: Yes, SpaceX's Just Read the Instructions drone ship
Content from the USA Today network was used for this article.
SpaceX is set for another record-breaking Falcon 9 mission from California
If you missed Oct. 7 Falcon 9 launch, here's what it looked like
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/RHH9fWyYoH
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 3, 2018
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