[…] SpaceX is aiming for two missions from opposite coasts of the United States in the coming days, as a veteran Falcon 9 laden with 50 customer payloads from 13 sovereign nations stands ready to fly from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., at 11:47 p.m. PDT Thursday (2:47 a.m. EDT Friday), and a triple-barreled Falcon Heavy targets a 7:36 p.m. EDT launch from historic Pad 39A at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on Tuesday, 18 April with the first of three heavyweight ViaSat-3 ultra-high-capacity broadband satellites. Additionally, the Hawthorne, Calif.-headquartered organization looks set for the first orbital-velocity test flight of its Starship/Super Heavy “stack” out of Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, as early as next week, “pending regulatory approval”, which promises to inject added drama into an already busy April. […]
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