Starlink Group 4-4
Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX
Rocket Launch Videos
Mission
Starlink Group 4-4
- Type: Communications
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
- Launch Cost: $52,000,000
Learn more about the Starlink mission
A batch of 52 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Location
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Find the best place to watch the launch from Vandenberg
Space Launch Complex 4E has witnessed the launch of 180 rockets, including 180 orbital launch attempts. While Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, has been the site for 792 rocket launches.
Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.
Rocket
SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
Landing
Core B1051
B1051 has successfully landed on ASDS OCISLY after its eleventh launch. Booster B1051 last launched 11/12/2022 and has seen 13 successful launches and landings. Stage Expended
Of Course I Still Love You - OCISLY
The second ASDS barge, Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) services launches in the Pacific Ocean and was the site of the first landing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage during CRS-8, the launch of a Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.
Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship - ASDS
An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is an ocean-going vessel derived from a deck barge, outfitted with station-keeping engines and a large landing platform. Construction of such ships was commissioned by aerospace company SpaceX to allow for recovery of rocket first-stages at sea for high-velocity missions which do not carry enough fuel to return to the launch site after lofting spacecraft onto an orbital trajectory.
Agency
SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
I hope for a successful launch,Spacex!Let’s light this candle.
Falcon 9 launches keep on keeping on with Starlink Satellites .
Lets hope that 71 is the next lucky number…
How do we tell what site at vandenberg the rocket will launch from?
Under the location section on the page, it states the launch pad as Space Launch Complex 4E
Happy New Year to Aaron , Steve W, Rocket Man, Rocket Monkey and of course SpaceX.
See you all in 2022 for more great rocket launches .
Dec 17 scrubbed. Moved to Dec 18, very early morning.
Can you provide a source?
A friend from Vandenberg texted me.
Also, January launch just got cancelled.
Is this still a GO for launch?
I could see the launch pad lighted up. It is 9:46 pm PST.
Very clear sky here at Vandenberg village. Nice launch!👏👏
Sure is , done and dusted as SpaceX does best.
Watched from Bentura, always amazed!
Looked great from Burbank California!
All you folks in the USA are lucky seeing these launches we envy you all. We here in Australia have to watch it via web cam but its still worth it
Great launch Elon , winners are grinners.