VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – A Falcon 9 launch carrying 25 Starlink satellites destined for low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg SFB is scheduled between midnight and 4 a.m. on Sunday, March 1, 2026.

A live webcast of the launch will begin about five minutes before liftoff and you can tune in 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 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 during the launch, but how far the sound travels will depend on weather and other conditions at the time.

This will be the 20th flight for the Falcon 9 assigned to this mission which previously launched the following missions:  USSF-62, OneWeb Launch 20, NROL-145, and 15 prior Starlink missions.

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Another October like day with ample sunshine and temperatures running well above normal for all areas. High pressure is beginning to flatten and weaken which will allow for a stronger onshore flow to rebuild across the region. For the overnight, look for mostly clear skies with some patchy fog likely for some coastal areas. As is often the case when an offshore pattern weakens, the fog can be tricky to forecast its exact return as well as whether or not it could sit very low to the ground and create dense fog issues. Lows will cool in to the 50's and might even hover in the 60's for the warmest locations. For Sunday, a cooler onshore flow should bring down temperatures with highs expected in the 70's with a few low 80's still possible.

Looking ahead, temperatures should cool to near normal by Monday and a couple of low pressure systems will need to be watched for next week. The first will dive at us from the north with a very slight chance for sprinkles in our eastern areas for Monday. Another inside slider type of storm will also run at us by the middle of the week. Our forecast models are struggling with its exact trajectory which means for now, we will keep things dry and focus on wind potential for Wednesday and Thursday. As is often the case with dry systems that drop down from the north, winds could get pretty strong. We will monitor things closely and update what to expect wind wise or if another chance for sprinkles comes in to play instead. Beyond Thursday, things look quiet and mostly seasonal as we head in to the following weekend.

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Por Tal Shalev, Jeremy Diamond y Abbas Al Lawati, CNN

El ayatola Alí Jamenei, líder supremo de Irán que gobernó el país durante casi cuatro décadas, murió, según el presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, y dos fuentes israelíes.

Israel no ha compartido pruebas de la muerte de Jamenei, y un portavoz del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores iraní insistió anteriormente en que Jamenei, de 86 años, y el presidente de Irán están ambos “sanos y salvos”.

Pero Jamenei no ha sido visto en público ni en videos desde que Israel y Estados Unidos atacaron Irán este sábado por la mañana.

La noticia parecía destinada a sumir a la República Islámica en la crisis más grave desde su establecimiento.

Se escucharon vítores y celebraciones en partes de Teherán la noche de este sábado tras los informes de la muerte de Jamenei.

Esto es lo que sabemos:

Poco después de que Estados Unidos e Israel iniciaran ataques conjuntos contra Irán este sábado, fuentes israelíes dijeron a CNN que los ataques aéreos tenían como objetivo a la máxima dirigencia iraní, incluido Jamenei.

Imágenes satelitales de Airbus mostraron humo negro saliendo del complejo del líder supremo en la capital, Teherán. Las imágenes parecen mostrar que varios edificios del complejo resultaron gravemente dañados por los ataques.

Trump ha descrito la supuesta muerte de Jamenei como “la mayor oportunidad para que el pueblo iraní recupere su país”.

Al anunciar el ataque conjunto estadounidense-israelí, Trump dijo que uno de sus objetivos era un cambio de régimen, y llamó al pueblo iraní a levantarse contra el Gobierno una vez concluidas las operaciones. Sin embargo, no estaba claro si tal cambio resultaría de la muerte de Jamenei, lo que parecía probable que diera paso a un Gobierno de línea dura por parte del Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica, según expertos.

Los informes sobre la muerte de Jamenei llegan en un momento en que Irán está, posiblemente, en su punto más débil desde que él asumió el poder en 1989. Décadas de sanciones occidentales ya habían dejado al país aislado y económicamente golpeado antes de que los ataques estadounidenses e israelíes en junio de 2025 asestaran un golpe severo a su Gobierno.

Tan solo seis meses después, las protestas que comenzaron por agravios económicos rápidamente se volvieron políticas, extendiéndose por las 31 provincias del país en cuestión de semanas. El régimen respondió con una represión brutal, matando a miles de manifestantes y provocando una protesta global, incluida una amenaza de intervención por parte del Gobierno de Trump.

Esa intervención llegó este sábado, cuando Trump dijo que las Fuerzas Armadas estadounidenses estaban llevando a cabo una “operación masiva y continua para evitar que esta dictadura tan malvada y radical amenace a Estados Unidos y a nuestros intereses fundamentales de seguridad nacional”.

También llamó al pueblo iraní a “tomar el control de su Gobierno”, agregando que ahora “tienen un presidente que les está dando lo que quieren, así que veamos cómo responden”.

De acuerdo con la constitución de Irán, una Asamblea de Expertos tendría la tarea de nombrar a un nuevo líder supremo. Hasta ese nombramiento, un consejo interino de tres miembros —compuesto por el presidente, el jefe del poder judicial y un jurista del Consejo de Guardianes del país— tiene la tarea de desempeñar las funciones del líder, según el Instituto de Medio Oriente.

Quién podría liderar Irán a continuación sigue siendo un misterio, incluso para quienes lo han destituido. En enero, el secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Marco Rubio, dijo que “nadie sabe” quién asumiría el cargo si Jamenei fuera destituido.

“No creo que nadie pueda darte una respuesta sencilla sobre lo que sucederá después en Irán si el líder supremo y el régimen caen”, dijo.

Durante las protestas generalizadas de enero, Jamenei

By Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Thomas Bordeaux, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase, Isaac Yee, Teele Rebane, Avery Schmitz, Farida Elsebai, CNN

(CNN) — After the United States and Israel launched a regime change operation against Iran on Saturday morning, footage emerging on social media and geolocated by CNN offered a window into its impacts.

The attacks have hit prominent Iranian military targets and have resulted in the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a Truth Social announcement from President Donald Trump. One strike killed scores of students in an elementary school in southern Iran, according to state media.

In retaliation, Tehran has carried out attacks across the Middle East. Footage from at least five Arab countries that host US military bases – including Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar – show the range of sites struck by Iran, from a US Navy facility to Dubai’s luxurious Palm Jumeirah district.

Following initial reports of strikes across Iran’s capital, footage surfacing from inside Tehran showed extensive damage to several key political and military buildings.

The US and Israeli joint attacks appear to show the targeting of senior political figures at the compound of Iran’s supreme leader. There was no immediate word which country – or whether both – targeted the compound.

This facility, known as the beyt-e rahbari, has long stood as the seat of the Ayatollah’s decades-long grip on power. CNN geolocated several videos from different angles that appear to show smoke rising from inside the compound.

This satellite image captured by Airbus shows damage to several buildings in the compound. It’s unclear if that’s where Khamenei was killed.

As plumes of smoke rose across the city of around 10 million people, videos geolocated by CNN also appear to show a strike on Iran’s intelligence ministry complex.

US and Israeli sources have said they are hitting military targets, but videos also show the attacks impacting densely populated civilian areas.

The largest civilian death toll so far has reportedly come from a strike on a girls’ school in the southern Iranian city of Minab. At least 85 students have died at the Shajaba Tayyiba School, according to state news agency IRNA, which cited the prosecutor of Minab city, where the school was located. Red Crescent put the toll higher, at 108.

The school sits about 200 feet (60 meters) from an Iranian military base and previously appears to have been part of that facility, but satellite imagery shows that it has been separated from the base since at least 2016. Another video reviewed and geolocated by CNN shows multiple fires burning at the military base next to the school.

Asked about the strike, US Central Command spokesperson Tim Hawkins said “we are aware of reports concerning civilian harm resulting from ongoing military operations. We take these reports seriously and are looking into them. The protection of civilians is of utmost importance, and we will continue to take all precautions available to minimize the risk of unintended harm.”

Shortly after the start of the US-Israeli attacks, Iran began a swift round of counter strikes targeting locations across the region, including multiple US military bases. Iran also launched dozens of ballistic missiles toward Israel, according to Nour News, an outlet affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

According to the IRGC, al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait, al-Dhafra Air Base in the UAE, and the US naval base in Bahrain have been targeted. Muwaffaq al-Salti Air Base in Jordan was also targeted, according to Iranian state media, as well as a US base in northern Iraq.

One of the most notable strikes captured on video was an Iranian strike on the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.

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