That information suggests the mission will launch from Vandenberg at 1:24 a.m. SpaceX also releases predicted orbit data before Starlink launches as a courtesy to help space traffic managers and other satellite operators know the expected locations of the newly-launched internet spacecraft. The mission was set to take off early Friday, but updated airspace and maritime warning notices Thursday indicated the launch was delayed until early Saturday. A Falcon 9 rocket will take off from Space Launch Complex 4-East with another group of satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink internet network. The first of the three upcoming missions is set for blastoff from Vandenberg, a military spaceport on California’s Central Coast between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
SpaceX has already exceeded its previous record of 26 Falcon 9 launches in a calendar year. If SpaceX pulls off all three launches by the end of the year, the company will wrap up 2021 with 31 Falcon 9 rocket flights. The missions will blast off from each of the company’s active orbital launch pads at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX is set to close out the year with three Falcon 9 rocket flights in a span of about 72 hours from launch pads in Florida and California, carrying another batch of Starlink internet satellites, a Turkish data relay spacecraft, and a resupply mission to the International Space Station. A Falcon 9 rocket streaks off its launch pad in Florida in this long exposure photo.
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