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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg SFB
SpaceX is preparing to launch its Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base Tuesday night to send a batch of its Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit.
The mission, dubbed Starlink 17-42, will add another 24 broadband internet satellites to a constellation of spacecraft that consists of more than 10,000 spacecraft. More than 600 of those satellites support direct-to-device capabilities.
Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East is scheduled for 7:46 p.m. PDT (10:46 p.m. EDT / 0246 UTC). The rocket will fly on a south-southwesterly trajectory upon leaving the pad.
Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about 30 minutes prior to liftoff.
SpaceX will launch the mission using the Falcon 9 first stage booster with the tail number B1103. This will be its second launch after flying the Starlink 17-35 mission on April 6.
Is there a SpaceX rocket launch today? Time, date, how to watch
Before SpaceX launches its massive Starship rocket from South Texas for the first time in 2026, the company is planning another mission with a different rocket in Southern California.
Standing 407 feet tall, the Starship rocket is considered the largest in the world. But it still has a long way to go before it's as proven and reliable as SpaceX's much smaller Falcon 9, which is due to get off the ground May 19 for the first of two missions in the week ahead from the Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Want to watch as the Falcon 9 departs on another mission to deploy the company's commercial Starlink broadband internet satellites into Earth orbit? Californians may be able to see the launch in person, or otherwise, SpaceX will have you covered with a livestream.
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