UPDATE (3:15 p.m.) - The launch lifted off at the beginning of the launch window.
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ORIGINAL STORY: SpaceX is targeting Wednesday afternoon for liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket out of Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Team Vandenberg Guardians and Airmen will be supporting a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch, sending 27 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.
Liftoff is scheduled for 3:11 p.m., with backup opportunities available until 6:56 p.m. There will also be additional launch opportunities available if needed on Thursday, March 27, beginning at 3:17 p.m.
A live webcast of this mission will start five minutes before the launch, available to watch here.
Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
A sonic boom is not expected to be heard locally from this launch.
