First one up is doubtful, due to weather, however...

SpaceX is targeting Monday, January 9 for a Falcon 9 launch of 51 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The instantaneous launch window is at 8:15 p.m. PT and a backup opportunity is available on Tuesday, January 10 at 8:02 p.m. PT.

Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will return to Earth and land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff HERE

Less than an hour later, SpaceX is targeting Monday, January 9 for a Falcon 9 launch of the OneWeb Launch 16 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 11:50 p.m. ET.

The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched CRS-26. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff at this LINK

I waited until now to post this, to see if they postponed the California one, but no word as I type this.

In other space news, Virgin Orbit drop-launched their small rocket from a 747 aircraft this evening in the first launch based in England, but the second stage apparently failed and the two satellites aboard fell to the ocean.

And SpaceX undocked their latest Dragon cargo capsule from the Space Station prior to returning it to a splashdown set for Wednesday. The unmanned capsule carries science experiments and other gear to be studied after their time in orbit.


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