{"id":833519,"date":"2026-09-01T23:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T23:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/833519\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T23:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T23:20:12","slug":"spacex-to-launch-starlink-mission-from-west-coast-spaceflight-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/833519\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX to launch Starlink mission from West Coast \u2013 Spaceflight Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260414-Falcon-9-File.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260414-Falcon-9-File.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73142\"  \/><\/a>A Falcon 9 rocket stands poised to launch from the Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. File Photo: SpaceX<\/p>\n<p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 will liftoff from the company\u2019s West Coast launch facility early Wednesday morning to add another batch of satellites to SpaceX\u2019s Starlink constellation.<\/p>\n<p>Liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is currently scheduled for 1:18 a.m. PDT (4:18 a.m. EDT \/ 0818 UTC).<\/p>\n<p>Spaceflight Now will have live coverage starting 30 minutes prior to launch.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Falcon 9 first stage booster, B1063, making its 35th flight, will take a south-easterly trajectory on departure from Space Launch Complex 4-East. After second stage separation, the booster will target a landing on the drone ship \u2018Of Course I Still Love You\u2019 stationed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California.<\/p>\n<p>If all goes according to plan, 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites will be deployed from the Falcon 9 upper stage just over an hour into flight.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX is now basing its Starlink launch operations on the West Coast as it focuses efforts at Cape Canaveral on preparing for the East Coast debut of its Starship vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Falcon 9 rocket stands poised to launch from the Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-833519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}