Launch time: 1:39 pm EDT (17:39 UTC)
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch with another batch of Starlink internet satellites. The Falcon 9βs first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. Scrubbed on July 21.
SPACEX FALCON 9 ROCKET:
Height: 70 m (230 ft)
Diameter: 3.7 m (12 ft)
Mass: 549000 kg (1.2M lbs)
Fuel: RP-1 (non-cryogenic, highly-refined kerosene)
Oxidizer: LOX (cryogenic liquid oxygen chilled to -207.2 ΒΊC / -340.9 ΒΊF)
Stages: 2
First Stage Engines: (9) Merlin 1D
First Stage Thrust: 7,607 kN (1.7M lbf)
Second Stage Engine: (1) Merlin 1D Vacuum-optimized
Second Stage Thrust: 934 kN (210,000 lbf)
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