UPDATE (7:34 p.m.) — The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched successfully on Wednesday evening just after 7 p.m.
Officials report that the rocket's first stage booster landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, marking it as the 350th flight for the booster.
Watch Falcon 9 launch 20 @Starlink satellites to orbit from pad 4E in California https://t.co/kTbu9W5vIu
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(3:04 p.m.) — SpaceX plans to launch a rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday afternoon.
The four-hour launch window opens at 4:06 p.m.
The rocket will deliver 20 Starlink satellites into orbit.
Following stage separation, about eight minutes after liftoff, SpaceX plans to land the rocket's first stage booster on a droneship in the Pacific Ocean.
If the launch is scrubbed, SpaceX says it could reschedule for Thursday.
