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

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – A Falcon 9 launch of 25 Starlink satellites destined for low-Earth orbit has been scheduled for Tuesday, March 24, between 4:03 p.m. and 8:03 p.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base's Space Launch Complex 4 East.

A live webcast of the mission 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 booster assigned to the launch 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 across the region during the launch, bit how far the sound travels will depend on weather and other conditions at the time of the launch.

This will be the 23rd flight for the Falcon 9 assigned to Tuesday's mission. The booster previously launched:  Crew-7, CRS-29, PACE, Transporter-10, EarthCARE, NROL-186, Transporter-13, TRACERS, NROL-48, COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM3, and 12 prior Starlink launches.

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