Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites scheduled from Vandenberg SFB Monday evening

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – A Falcon 9 launch carrying 25 Starlink satellites destined for low-Earth orbit has been scheduled from Vandenberg SFB between 7:37 p.m. and 11:37 p.m. Monday, March 16, 2026.

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

This will be the 14th flight for the Falcon 9 on this mission which previously launched:  NROL-126, Transporter-12, SPHEREx, NROL-57, and nine prior Starlink missions.

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