SpaceX Set to Launch Transporter-15 Rideshare From Vandenberg Today
The flight highlights Exolaunch’s largest deployment to date, featuring the debut of its CarboNIX NEO separation system.
Overview
- Liftoff is scheduled during a 10:19–11:16 a.m. PST window from SLC‑4E to a sun‑synchronous orbit, with a live webcast starting shortly before launch.
- Falcon 9 first stage B1071 is flying its 30th mission with a planned landing on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You, as satellite deployments begin about 54 minutes after liftoff and continue for roughly two hours.
- Exolaunch is manifesting 59 customer satellites from more than 30 organizations across 16 countries and is introducing its next‑generation CarboNIX NEO separation hardware under a multiyear rideshare pact with SpaceX through 2028.
- Planet Labs is sending 36 SuperDove imaging satellites (Flock 4H) plus two larger Pelican spacecraft, while Spire has 11 satellites on board for data and analytics services.
- Nested rideshares include two D‑Orbit ION carrier vehicles, Impulse Space’s upgraded Mira for the LEO Express 3 mission, Varda’s W‑series on‑orbit manufacturing vehicle, and NASA’s 3UCubed‑A university collaboration studying auroral particles.