UPDATE (July 7, 12:12 a.m.) - SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base at approximately 12:12 a.m. Tuesday, July 7.
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SpaceX is getting ready to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The 95-minute launch window will open at 12:10 a.m. on Tuesday.
A livestream of the launch is expected to begin about 15 minutes before liftoff.
The rocket will launch the Transporter-17 mission into low-Earth orbit. SpaceX officials say Transporter-17 is a dedicated smallsat rideshare mission.
There will be 81 payloads on the flight, including cubesats, microsats. hosted payloads, and orbital transfer vehicles carrying eight of those payloads to be deployed at a later time.
Following stage separation, the first stage booster is expected to land on a droneship in the Pacific Ocean. No sonic boom is expected to be heard locally.
If the launch does not liftoff Tuesday, SpaceX will try again on Wednesday.
