SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 8-7 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - May 14, 2024

Launch Date: May 14, 2024
Launch Time: 11:39 a.m. PDT, 2:39 p.m. EDT, 18:39 UTC, 20:39 CEST
Launch Window: 9:29 a.m. PDT to 11:39 a.m. PDT
Launch Status: Reached predicted orbit, successful.

Launcher System: Falcon 9 Block 5 - Booster B1063 (1 = 1st Stage Booster /063 = 63rd Booster built)
Flight: #18
Flown missions for the booster: 17 - Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, and 12 Starlink missions
Mission: Starlink Group 8-7
Launch Location: Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA
Landing: Droneship "Of Course I Still Love You" (OCISLY) stationed in the Pacific Ocean

SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, May 14, for a Falcon 9 launch of 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 11:39 a.m. PDT, 2:39 p.m. EDT, 18:39 UTC, and 20:39 CEST. Additional opportunities are available on Wednesday, May 15, starting at 9:06 a.m. PT.

The Space Affairs live stream will start approximately 10 minutes before the planned lift-off.

This is the 18th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, and 12 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.

Flight trajectory will be south, along the coast of California.