Falcon 9 Launch From Vandenberg SFB Scheduled for Early Saturday Morning

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – A Falcon 9 launch of 27 Starlink satellites destined for a low-Earth orbit is scheduled for liftoff from Vandenberg SFB early Saturday morning.

According to Vandenberg Space Force Base, the current launch window is between 12:25 a.m. and 4:25 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, from Space Launch Complex 4 East.

A live webcast of the launch will begin about ten minutes before liftoff. You can tune in to watch here or on SpaceX's X/Twitter account.

Following first-stage separation, the booster assigned to this mission will return to Earth to land on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship awaiting in the Pacific Ocean.

A depiction of that launch sequence is shown in the image below.

There is the potential for one or more sonic booms to be heard across the region during the early morning launch, but how far the sound travels will depend on weather and other conditions at launch time.

This will be the ninth flight for the Falcon 9 assigned to this mission. The same booster previously launched the NROL-105 and seven prior Starlink missions.