This is NOT a Drill! From the SpaceX website:
SpaceX is targeting Monday, August 7 at 8:57 p.m. PT (03:57 UTC on August 8) for a Falcon 9 launch of 15 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. If needed, additional launch opportunities are available at 10:38 p.m. PT (05:38 UTC on August 8) and 11:28 p.m. PT (06:28 UTC on August 8). Four backup opportunities are also currently available on Tuesday, August 8 starting at 8:32 p.m. PT (03:32 UTC on August 9) until 11:54 p.m. PT (06:54 UTC on August 9).
This is the fifth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched SDA-0A and three Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
2 replies on “Launch Alert – This Is Not A Drill!”
Ugh, maybe not. heavy marine layer (fog). No wind, but fog to the ground.
I’ll still look anyway!
Hey Bill, put TSL on hold at 8.55 pm, walk outside and look to the W/NW. Should be a spectacular launch at just past sundown.