From SFN Sunday morning 3/31/24:
Scheduled for Mar 31, 2024
Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 22 second-generation Starlink internet satellites. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg
Space Force Base was scrubbed Saturday night and we're awaiting a confirmed launch date.The next opportunity could be as early as 7:30 p.m. PDT on
Sunday, March 31 (10:30 p.m. EDT / 0230 UTC). The first-stage booster, making its 15th flight, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love
You' about eight and a half minutes into the flight.
Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 30 minutes before launch.
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A Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch Saturday evening from Vandenberg Space Force Base northwest of Santa Barbara and soar along the coastline. Liftoff
is targeted for 7:30 p.m. PT.
The launch was originally scheduled for Thursday, then re-scheduled for Friday before another delay. Backup opportunities are available until 11:30
p.m. PT, then again on Sunday, starting at 7:30 p.m. PT.
Cloudy conditions are in the forecast this weekend with rain arriving late Friday and continuing through Sunday, which will likely spoil viewing
conditions if the launch moves forward.
If skies are clear enough and the rocket lifts off at the right time, the Falcon 9 and its exhaust plume are often illuminated by the setting sun
against the backdrop of a darkening sky, such as during the Feb. 8 SpaceX Falcon 9 launch. Launches just after sunset and before sunrise usually
provide the best views as the rocket reflects the sun's rays with a dark sky in the background.
The Falcon 9 rocket will carry 22 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. It may also produce a sonic boom a few minutes after liftoff that
could be heard along the parts of the coast.
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Scheduled for Apr 1, 2024
Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 22 second-generation Starlink internet satellites. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg
Space Force Base is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PDT on Monday, April 1 (10:30 p.m. EDT / 0230 UTC). The first-stage booster, making its 15th flight, will
land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' about eight and a half minutes into the flight.
Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 30 minutes before launch.
[Edited on 4-1-2024 by David K]RFClark - 3-29-2024 at 06:37 AM
👍👍👍msteve1014 - 3-29-2024 at 08:18 AM
I will be surprised if it is a go today. There will be rain and a gale warning before that.RFClark - 3-29-2024 at 05:16 PM
Just out,
The launch is pushed to 19:30 Tomorrow 3/30!
Tonight... maybe!
David K - 3-30-2024 at 03:55 PM
A Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch Saturday evening from Vandenberg Space Force Base northwest of Santa Barbara and soar along the coastline. Liftoff
is targeted for 7:30 p.m. PT.
The launch was originally scheduled for Thursday, then re-scheduled for Friday before another delay. Backup opportunities are available until 11:30
p.m. PT, then again on Sunday, starting at 7:30 p.m. PT.
Cloudy conditions are in the forecast this weekend with rain arriving late Friday and continuing through Sunday, which will likely spoil viewing
conditions if the launch moves forward.
If skies are clear enough and the rocket lifts off at the right time, the Falcon 9 and its exhaust plume are often illuminated by the setting sun
against the backdrop of a darkening sky, such as during the Feb. 8 SpaceX Falcon 9 launch. Launches just after sunset and before sunrise usually
provide the best views as the rocket reflects the sun's rays with a dark sky in the background.
The Falcon 9 rocket will carry 22 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. It may also produce a sonic boom a few minutes after liftoff that
could be heard along the parts of the coast.David K - 3-30-2024 at 09:29 PM
Latest time is 10:00 pmSFandH - 3-30-2024 at 10:07 PM
Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 22 second-generation Starlink internet satellites. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg
Space Force Base was scrubbed Saturday night and we're awaiting a confirmed launch date.The next opportunity could be as early as 7:30 p.m. PDT on
Sunday, March 31 (10:30 p.m. EDT / 0230 UTC). The first-stage booster, making its 15th flight, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love
You' about eight and a half minutes into the flight.
Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 30 minutes before launch. surfhat - 3-31-2024 at 10:44 AM
Thanks David.
Friday evening was clear enough here in North SD county but up at Vandenberg the storm had already cancelled the lift off.
If anyone has the opportunity to watch a Space X flight off of Vandenberg don't miss it.
The visuals are worth your time if you get the chance. Seeing the first stage detach and return to the barge of the northern Baja coastline with the
whale shaped stream flowing off the rocket is like nothing else.
The rockets path has changed over the years as well it should with the deployment of Starlinks satellites in order to fill in any remaining gaps in
reception. The flight I witnessed a few years ago over the Pacific has moved to the south and southeast.
If it happens this Easter Sunday evening and the skies are clear, I will go to my local day use park for the view albeit a much more southern
alignment than the last time.
Starlink is pure genius as my Baja gray whale guide for the first time had direct communication for a couple of hours every day for everyone out at
the whale camp. It would have taken expensive satellite phones to have the same ability.
The folks in the back country around the world now have a better way to communicate with the outside world. Affordability is another issue. I hope
there is some financial consideration for those living off the land and out of range of any cellphone towers wherever they are across the planet.
Coops could join to together, just as the fishing coops have done in a few places in Baja thanks to the leadership of people like what Juan has done
in BA. Kudos to them for seeing the bigger picture for all of our futures.
Peace, love and fish tacos to all and to all Nomads.
April 1 7:30 pm
David K - 4-1-2024 at 08:34 AM
Scheduled for Apr 1, 2024
Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 22 second-generation Starlink internet satellites. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg
Space Force Base is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PDT on Monday, April 1 (10:30 p.m. EDT / 0230 UTC). The first-stage booster, making its 15th flight, will
land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' about eight and a half minutes into the flight.
Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 30 minutes before launch. surfhat - 4-1-2024 at 10:33 AM
Thanks David. Looking good for this evening. I plan on heading over to a local park with a great view out to the Channel Islands and unobstructed
views to the horizon, north and south.
From my position, and the new trajectory more to the south, it will be a great sky show after days of weather delays. All the better for clear skies.
David K - 4-1-2024 at 11:08 AM
Hopefully not an April Fools Joke! I feel like the Boy who cried Wolf with so many flight bumps!!!shari - 4-1-2024 at 11:17 AM
10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3..2...1
or not..hahaha
but I will be standing by just in case.mtgoat666 - 4-1-2024 at 11:34 AM
Hopefully not an April Fools Joke! I feel like the Boy who cried Wolf with so many flight bumps!!!
The launches are often delayed a day or two,... you just got to follow their social media feed to know about the changes.
I have noticed they are doing more frequent launches just after sunset -- I think they are maximizing the PR they get from the great shows that early
evening launches provide. Is pretty good entertainment to watch them from the backyard at c-cktail hourSFandH - 4-1-2024 at 06:18 PM
Has he displayed heroism? Seriously, what about him is heroic?
Twas a pretty rocket show tomite
Building EV's to fight pollution in crowded cities, bringing communications to the poorest regions of the world to help them out of poverty, pioneer
in space exploration, champion of free speech and protector of democracy.
The guy will go down as one of the more important figures of the last 200 years.
