SpaceX will deploy another batch of Starlink satellites from a Falcon 9 rocket, set to liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California late Monday (local time).
Liftoff of the Starlink 15-16 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E is currently scheduled for 10:46 p.m. PDT (1:46 a.m. EDT / 0546 UTC).
Spaceflight Now will have live coverage starting about 30 minutes ahead to launch.
Falcon 9 first stage booster B1082 is making its 26th flight on this mission and will head south-east from California’s central coast as it targets an orbit inclined 70 degrees to the equator.
The booster, which entered service in January 2024, previously launched the USSF-62, OneWeb Launch 20, NROL-145 and Transporter-18 missions, plus 21 batches of Starlink V2 mini satellites.
B1082 will make a landing on the drone ship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ station in Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico.
About an hour into flight, following a short circularization burn, the stack of 27 Starlink satellites will be released from the Falcon 9’s second stage.
