Today’s Rocket Launch: Will there be a rocket launch? What time will it be?

December 28: SpaceX launches two rockets today

SpaceX plans two rocket launches within the next 12 hours, one from California and one from Florida.

of first launch Falcon 9 rocket launch Saturday, December 28thfrom Space Launch Complex 4 East, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. 5:48 PM PT (8:48 PM ET, 0148 GMT). you can Watch the launch on SpaceX’s X account and mission page Starts approximately 15 minutes before takeoff.

This mission is called Starlink 11-3will launch 22 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit in SpaceX’s growing mega-constellation. This will be the 16th flight of Falcon 9’s first stage on this mission, and SpaceX hopes to recover the stage by landing it on the drone ship Course I Still Love You immediately after liftoff. There is. Previous missions include 12 Starlnk launches, Transporter-11 rideshare flights, SARAh-2 and SDA-0A satellite missions.

of Second launch by SpaceX What actually starts Sunday, December 29thbut the takeoff time is 12:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (0500 GMT)the midnight launch of the flight. you can Watch the launch on SpaceX’s X account and mission page Starts approximately 15 minutes before takeoff.

The mission, called “Astranis: From One to Many,” will launch four small “MicroGEO” communications satellites to provide terrestrial connectivity to a variety of customers. Two satellites will provide in-flight connectivity to customers in Anubu, Colorado, one will serve customers in the Philippines, and Astranis will use the fourth satellite as a so-called “UtilitySat for various customers.”

This is SpaceX’s second attempt to launch the Astranis mission. The launch attempt on December 21st was canceled at the T-0 mark.

That’s it for the rocket launches scheduled for today.

Note: SpaceX also plans to launch 21 more Starlink satellites, this time from Florida. Monday, December 30th, 12:00 AM ETSo I’ll update about that tomorrow. Also: The Indian Space Research Organization’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is scheduled to launch the new SpaDeX to test autonomous rendezvous and docking technology. The Poem-4 module also carries 24 other scientific payloads for ISRO, universities, and corporates. ISRO’s SpaDeX Monday, December 30th, 11:28 a.m. ET (9:58 p.m. ET, 16:28 GMT)).