(Update, 7:05 p.m.) — SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket Thursday evening.
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Watch Falcon 9 launch 26 @Starlink satellites to orbit from California https://t.co/2sCZL3LYbc
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SpaceX is targeting Thursday evening for its third launch of the month from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The Falcon 9 rocket carrying 26 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit is set to liftoff from Space Launch Complex East at 6:54 p.m.
Backup opportunities are available until 9:59 p.m.
If the launch does not happen on Thursday, another opportunity is available Friday starting at 6:32 p.m.
A live webcast of the mission is set to begin about five minutes before liftoff and can be viewed on SpaceX’s X account.
It’s the 15th time the first-stage booster has been used. It’s set to land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship in the Pacific Ocean following stage separation.
No sonic boom is expected to be heard locally.
