
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
Figure out How to Pick a SUV with Senior-Accommodating Tech Elements - 2
The Incomparable Advanced cameras: Which One Will Win? - 3
Firefighters rescue two Israelis trapped in vehicles on flooded roads in West Bank - 4
From ‘Project Hail Mary’ to Artemis II, spaceflight captures audiences when it centers on people because human space travel is hazardous - 5
Self-sacrificing ants highlight the unity of their colony, say researchers
Everything you should know before booking a trip to Spain
25 Years Ago, Audi's Rosemeyer Concept Was A Steampunk Supercar With A Massive Engine
Fireball sightings are surging across the US — here's what's really going on
I thought I knew the night sky, but what I saw from the Canary Islands left me speechless
Famous Places to get-away for Americans
Parents speak out as 4-year-old fights button battery injury in intensive care unit
10 Demonstrated Systems to Develop Your Internet based Business
Luigi Mangione‘s lawyers say Bondi’s death penalty decision was tainted by conflict of interest
Reclassifying Achievement: Individual Accounts of Seeking after Interests













