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ProCentennial · MST

SpaceX · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A Falcon 9 lifts off from Vandenberg with the GRACE Follow-On spacecraft.
Photo by Bill Ingalls, NASA. Public domain. Source
Time still moving

Falcon 9 Block 5 | JPSS 4 (Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft No. 4)

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What this is

SpaceX is launching a rocket called Falcon 9 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. It is for National Aeronautics and Space Administration and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This path flies over Earth in the same kind of sunlight every day, which is what picture-taking satellites like.

SpaceX is flying a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Mission: JPSS 4 (Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft No. 4). The JPSS constellation of satellites collects global multi-spectral radiometry and other specialized meteorologic, oceanographic, and solar-geophysical data via remote sensing of land, sea, and atmospheric properties. These data support NOAA’s mission for continuous observation of Earth’s environment to understand and predict changes in weather, climate, oceans, and coasts to support the nation’s economy and protect lives and property. NASA uses the instruments aboard the JPSS satellites to continue decades of Earth science research for the betterment of humanity. JPSS-4 carries the NASA Earth Venture mission Libera, an instrument to improve our understanding of trends in Earth’s energy imbalance and our changing climate. Planned orbit: . Status: To Be Determined. Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources. The published time can still slip. Rockets wait for weather, boats, and the range.

Story written from the public listing. A model key can be added later; none is required.

From here

Too far to see

You will not see this rocket from Centennial, Colorado. It is about 930 miles west. The broadcast is the view.

That is too far for the flame and, for almost every launch, too far for the high-altitude plume. Dim the lights and watch together anyway. The clock is still loose, so daylight is a guess.

Public places

Viewing spots

Places run by a park or a visitor center near this site. A listing is not a promise you can see the rocket from there.

Space jobs corner

Who is on this flight

Every company we can name, in plain words, plus a careers page when we have a real one.

Careers links are public pages we know. If we do not have one, we do not invent it.

Ask about this launch

Only what the listing says

Questions stay with this launch. If a model key is configured on the server, the answer is cached. Without a key, the reply is taken straight from the record.

Put it on a calendar

So the slip still finds you

A single launch can be saved now. The subscribe feed, on the launches page, is the one that moves when a rocket slips. Calendar alarms do not know about bedtime quiet hours.