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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

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SpaceX is set to launch a batch of 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California Tuesday afternoon. The mission comes roughly 12 hours after it launched a series of customer satellites to a mid-inclination orbit on the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. SpaceX is a space company based in Hawthorne, and its products and services include Falcon.

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB October 20, 2026 Will Robinson-Smith SpaceX is set to launch a batch of 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California Tuesday afternoon. Starlink growth During a third quarter earnings call on Tuesday afternoon, hours before the launch, SpaceX Chief Operating Officer (COO) and President Gwynne Shotwell noted that the company added 1.6 million customers in that three-month period.

The California launch comes hours after the company reported its second quarter of earnings as a publicly traded company. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 4:10 p.m.

A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for launch from Vandenberg in this file photo. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from the West Coast is scheduled for 4:10 p.m.

Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about 30 minutes prior to liftoff. This will be its 36th flight and will become the second booster to reach three dozen flights.

If successful, this will be the 229th landing on this vessel and the 673rd Falcon booster landing to date. She said the service was active across 174 markets globally.

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