SpaceX to launch 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at pad 4E ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX is preparing to launch its 70th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year on Sunday morning. Onboard are 26 Starlink V2 Mini satellites, which will be deployed into low Earth orbit.

Teams are targeting the liftoff of the Starlink 15-8 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 6:34 a.m. PDT (9:34 a.m. EDT, 1334 UTC).

Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about 30 minutes prior to liftoff.

SpaceX will use the Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number B1088, to launch this mission, which will launch for a seventh time. Its previous missions include NASA’s SPHEREx, Transporter-12 and two mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.

A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, it will target a landing on the droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You.’ If successful, this will be the 135th landing on this vessel and the 459th booster landing to date.

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SpaceX is targeting Sunday, June 8 for a Falcon 9 launch of 26 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 7:20 a.m. PT, with backup opportunities available until 7:33 a.m. PT. If needed, additional launch opportunities are also available on Monday, June 9 starting at 6:27 a.m. PT.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.

This will be the seventh flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched NROL-126, Transporter-12, SPHEREx, NROL-57 and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

There is the possibility that residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties may hear one or more sonic booms during the launch, but what residents experience will depend on weather and other conditions.