Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB scheduled for Friday afternoon

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – A Falcon 9 launch of 25 Starlink satellites destined for low-Earth orbit is scheduled for Friday, March 20, between 2:48 p.m. and 6:48 p.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base's Space Launch Complex 4 East.

A live webcast of the launch will begin about five minutes before liftoff that you can watch here or on SpaceX's X/Twitter account.

Following first-stage separation, the booster assigned to this mission will return to Earth to land on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship awaiting in the Pacific Ocean.

A depiction of that launch sequence is shown in the image below.

There is the potential for one or more sonic booms to be heard in the region during the launch, but how far the sound will travel will depend on weather and other conditions at launch time.

This will be the fourth mission for the Falcon 9 assigned to this launch which previously supported the following missions: NROL-105 and two prior Starlink missions.

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