UPDATE: The launch lifted off at around 2:10 a.m. SpaceX reports the successful deployment of the Starlink satellites.
Falcon 9 launches 25 @Starlink satellites from California pic.twitter.com/56jvvb5BJ0
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 1, 2026
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ORIGINAL STORY: SpaceX is planning an early morning launch out of Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sunday.
The launch of a Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to take place between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m. on March 1.
SpaceX plans to livestream the launch starting about five minutes before liftoff.
The rocket will be delivering 25 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
About eight minutes after liftoff, the rocket’s first stage booster will return to Earth, landing on a droneship in the Pacific Ocean.
