Overview
- SpaceX plans to send 25 Starlink internet satellites to low Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base using a Falcon 9 rocket in a late-day Pacific launch window.
- After stage separation, the first stage is slated to land on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
- Viewers can watch a live webcast that is scheduled to begin about five minutes before liftoff on SpaceX’s channels, according to local broadcast listings.
- The assigned booster is flying for the 23rd time, a reuse record that includes prior crew, cargo, Earth-observing, national security, and multiple Starlink missions.
- Residents along the Central Coast could hear sonic booms from the returning stage, which occur when an object outruns sound and sends a pressure wave to the ground; a separate Cape Canaveral Starlink flight readied this week with strong weather odds points to SpaceX’s coast-to-coast cadence.