
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.
SpaceX will launch more than 100 satellites to orbit from California early Monday morning (March 30), and you can watch the action live.
A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday during a 57-minute window that opens at 6:20 a.m. EDT (1020 GMT; 3:20 a.m. local California time).
The launch will kick off SpaceX's Transporter-16 rideshare mission. You can watch it live via SpaceX, beginning about 15 minutes before liftoff.
As its name suggests, Transporter-16 will be the 16th mission of SpaceX's Transporter rideshare series. The company also operates another rideshare program called Bandwagon, which has four launches under its belt so far.
Together, these two programs have lofted a total of more than 1,600 payloads to orbit — including 143 on Transporter-1 in January 2021, which still holds the single-launch record.
Transporter-16 will loft 119 payloads, "including cubesats, microsats, hosted payloads, a reentry vehicle, and orbital transfer vehicles carrying eight of those payloads to be deployed at a later time," SpaceX wrote in a mission description.
If all goes to plan on Monday morning, the Falcon 9's first stage will land about 8.5 minutes after launch on the SpaceX droneship "Of Course I Still Love You," which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean. It will be the 12th launch and landing for this particular booster, according to the mission description.
The rocket's upper stage, meanwhile, will haul the 119 payloads to low Earth orbit, where they'll be deployed starting about 55 minutes after liftoff.
latest_posts
- 1
Figuring out the Justification for Separation: To blame and No-Shortcoming - 2
Belarusian parliament passes a bill to crack down on LGBTQ+ rights - 3
5 Signs Now is the ideal time to Update Your Android Telephone: When to Take the Action - 4
Australia’s post-Bondi crackdown accused of targeting pro-Palestinian voices - 5
Getting ready for a Mechanized World: 10 Positions That computer based intelligence Could Dominate
Exploring the Difficulties of Beginning a Family: Individual Experiences
Artemis II live updates: NASA's historic moon mission set to make lunar flyby today
More charges filed against ex-left-wing RAF member Daniela Klette
Flu concerns grow in US as UK sees more cases among kids
Independence from the rat race for Recent college grads: Systems and Tips
Chicago reports first rabies-positive dog in 61 years. What we know.
Monetary Freedom Guide: Plan Your Future
NASA's moon mission has begun — here's what's ahead for the Artemis II astronauts
Evidence of lost baptismal rite stage uncovered in Byzantine era cathedral near Sea of Galilee













