SpaceX is targeting a 9:29:49 p.m. PDT liftoff from Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 4 East for a Falcon 9 mission carrying 25 Starlink satellites. The launch is part of SpaceX’s high-cadence constellation deployment tempo as Starlink continues expanding in low Earth orbit.
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