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UPDATE: Falcon 9 set to liftoff from Vandenberg SFB next week

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UPDATE (Friday): SpaceX has moved the launch to Tuesday, May 19. The launch window is now between 7:11 p.m. and 11:11 p.m.

UPDATE (4:14 p.m.) - The launch has been moved to Saturday with the launch window open between 7 and 11 a.m.

ORIGINAL STORY: The next SpaceX launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base could liftoff as early as Friday morning.

The aerospace company is targeting sometime between 7 and 11 a.m. for liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.

Following stage separation, the first-stage booster is expected to land on a droneship in the Pacific Ocean. No sonic boom is expected to be heard locally.

To watch the launch online, click here or here.