Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites scheduled from Vandenerg Space Force Base late Tuesday

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – A Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites destined for low-Earth orbit is scheduled from Space Launch Complex 4 East Tuesday evening.

The designated launch window is between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. Pacific Time.

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

Following first-stage separation, the Falcon 9 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 associated with the launch to be heard across the local region, but how far the sound travels will depend on weather and other conditions at the time.

This will be the 24th flight for the booster assigned to this mission which previously launched the following missions:  Crew-7, CRS-29, PACE, Transporter-10, EarthCARE, NROL-186, Transporter-13, TRACERS, NROL-48, COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM3, and 13 prior Starlink launches.

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