SpaceX has completed Falcon 9 double launch day with Starlink mission from Vandenberg Space Force Station

SpaceX launched a second time on the same day on the same day, with the West Coast launch of 20 Starlink V2 Mini satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities.

The launch of the Starlink 9-2 satellite took place around 8:47 p.m. at PDT (11:47 p.m. ET 0347 UTC). This was following the launch of 22 Starlink satellites from Florida at 1:15 p.m. EDT (1715 UTC) on Sunday.

The first stage booster to support this mission, with tail number B1075 of the SpaceX fleet, was launched for the 11th time. It was previously used to launch the launch by the Space Development Authority’s (SDA) Tranche 0 demonstration satellite mission, German military reconnaissance satellites SARah 2 3 and 2 as well as 8 Starlink flights.

The last time this booster flown was a little over 100 days ago, on the mission Starlink 7-16 in March 19.

Just 8 minutes following liftoff B1075 came down in the SpaceX droneship’Of course It’s Still My Love for You. It is the 94th time that B1075 has landed on OCISLY along with the 322nd booster landing so far.

The mission is scheduled to launch on the same day that SpaceX along with NASA are in the process of launching the Falcon Heavy rocket on the GOES U mission, which is the last satellite of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R (GOES-R) series. The launch of the rocket to launch pad in Launch Complex 39A was delayed on Sunday, the day before.

The teams are keeping an watch on the weather conditions for the launch and rollout phases. It is scheduled to launch on June 25 5:16 p.m. EDT (2116 UTC).

According to the most recent forecast for weather on Sunday, June 23rd there is a mere 30 percent chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of liftoff, both on the launch day that is primary and the backup of 24 hours, which is scheduled for June 26.

View Falcon Heavy pad views here: