— SpaceX: Facts about Elon Musk's private spaceflight company The Transporter 12 payloads will be deployed into low Earth orbit from the Falcon 9's upper stage over a roughly 90-minute stretch beginning about 54 minutes after launch. The rocket's first stage, meanwhile, is slated to land back at Vandenberg about 7.5 minutes after liftoff. It will be the second flight for this particular booster. It also flew the NROL-126 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on Nov. 30 of last year, according to the Transporter 12 mission description. SpaceX has launched a total of 13 rideshare missions to date — the 11 Transporter flights and two in a different program known as Bandwagon. Together, these missions have lofted about 1,100 payloads for more than 130 different customers, according to the Transporter 12 description. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: community@space.com. See all comments (0)