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

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – A Falcon 9 launch of 25 Starlink satellites destined for low-Earth orbit is scheduled from Space Launch Complex 4 East on Friday, April 10, 2026, between 7:39 p.m. and 11:39 p.m.

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

This will be the 32nd flight for the Falcon 9 booster which previously launched the following missions: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, NROL-113, NROL-167, NROL-149, NAOS, and 22 prior Starlink missions.

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