They will be flying a Falcon 9 for the third time from Vandenberg. It previously flew in May and August of this year. A SpaceX photo of it preparing for tomorrow's launch is below. The plan is to recover it this time on SpaceX's Pacific "droneship" out in the ocean. The payload is 64 small satellites, from groups who are sharing the cost.
The launch window is from 10:32 AM PST to 11:00 AM PST tomorrow. (1:32 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST) It will be livestreamed here:
https://www.spacex.com/webcast
Deploying so many satellites should be entertaining.
Their customer (a Seattle based space rideshare company!) describes the mission:
"A total of 64 spacecraft from 34 organizations will be launched as part of the Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission. The SmallSat Express is the largest single rideshare mission from a U.S. based launch vehicle to-date... The mission includes 15 microsats and 49 cubesats... The payloads, which vary from technology demonstrations and imaging satellites to educational research endeavors, are from 17 countries, including the U.S., Australia, Italy, Netherlands, Finland, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, U.K., Germany, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Poland, Canada, Brazil and India."
http://spaceflight.com/sso-a/
The launch window is from 10:32 AM PST to 11:00 AM PST tomorrow. (1:32 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST) It will be livestreamed here:
https://www.spacex.com/webcast
Deploying so many satellites should be entertaining.
Their customer (a Seattle based space rideshare company!) describes the mission:
"A total of 64 spacecraft from 34 organizations will be launched as part of the Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission. The SmallSat Express is the largest single rideshare mission from a U.S. based launch vehicle to-date... The mission includes 15 microsats and 49 cubesats... The payloads, which vary from technology demonstrations and imaging satellites to educational research endeavors, are from 17 countries, including the U.S., Australia, Italy, Netherlands, Finland, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, U.K., Germany, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Poland, Canada, Brazil and India."
http://spaceflight.com/sso-a/