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Up, up, and away? Maybe! Central Coast rocket launch delayed by Hurricane Hilary back on again

A Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
SpaceX
A Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

SpaceX has rescheduled a postponed Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

A Central Coast rocket launch which was postponed last week due to Hurricane Hilary is now set to take place Monday night.

SpaceX is hoping to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with 21 small communications satellites on board.

It’s set for 11:04 p.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base. If needed, there are backup windows at 11:54 p.m. Monday, and 2:26 a.m. Tuesday morning.

The launch was originally set for early last Thursday, but was postponed for a technical issue. It was moved to Friday, but then delayed again due to the hurricane. The rocket’s reusable booster lands on a barge in the Pacific Ocean. But, the landing spot would've been in the path of the coming hurricane.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.