WATCH
Watch Falcon 9 launch 20 @Starlink satellites to orbit from California, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities https://t.co/NXEjHN5Cok
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 19, 2024
UPDATE (4:08 p.m.) - SpaceX has moved the launch time back to 8:40 p.m. Backup opportunities are available until 11:36 p.m. Tuesday.
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UPDATE (2:06 p.m.) - SpaceX is now targeting 8:23 p.m. Tuesday for liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. SpaceX reports the weather is being monitored, with conditions 55 percent favorable at this time.
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ORIGINAL STORY: SpaceX is targeting Tuesday night for its latest launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit is set to liftoff at 8 p.m. from SLC-4E.
Thirteen of the satellites have Direct to Cell capabilities, according to SpaceX.
Backup opportunities are available until midnight Wednesday, with other launch opportunities Thursday evening, if needed.
About five minutes before liftoff, a live webcast of the mission can be viewed here on X.
According to SpaceX, the first-stage booster being used for the mission has been used four other times and following stage separation, is expected to land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship in the Pacific Ocean.
No sonic boom is expected to be heard locally as part of the landing.
