UPDATE (6:12 a.m.) - The launch lifted off shortly after 1 a.m. and successfully deployed 25 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
Watch Falcon 9 launch 25 @Starlink satellites to orbit from California https://t.co/TZv6mGeYcw
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UPDATE (2:25 p.m.) - The launch window is between midnight and 4 a.m. Saturday. The launch is currently set for liftoff at around 1 a.m., according to SpaceX.
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ORIGINAL STORY: A Falcon 9 rocket is expected to liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base late Friday night.
The launch of 25 Starlink satellites is set for just before midnight from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E).
It’s the 31st time the first-stage booster has been used. The booster is expected to land on a droneship in the Pacific Ocean following stage separation.
No sonic boom is expected to be heard locally.
A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes before liftoff and can be viewed on X @SpaceX or the X TV app.
