A SpaceX rocket is scheduled to launch Friday evening from the Santa Barbara County coast.
The launch is scheduled for 8:14 p.m. from Vandenberg Area Pressure Base. The rocket will soar south alongside the coast with a payload for the Nationwide Reconnaissance Workplace. The company builds and operates america’ fleet of spy satellites.
The primary-stage rocket booster will land on a droneship at sea.
The rocket could also be seen from round Los Angeles, however doubtless will not supply the dramatic spectacle of previous launches in opposition to a darker sky, except it launches later within the two-hour launch window. Sundown is scheduled for 8:08 p.m. Friday in Los Angeles, just some minutes earlier than the launch window opens.
The rocket and its exhaust plume are generally seen for a whole lot of miles because it soars alongside the coast, if skies are clear and darkish sufficient. Launches after sundown and earlier than dawn often present one of the best views because the rocket displays the solar’s rays in opposition to the backdrop of a darkened sky.
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Hawthorne-based SpaceX launched 96 profitable missions with its Falcon rockets in 2023, eclipsing its earlier annual document of 61 orbital launches in 2022.