Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch Space Force weather satellite from California

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with the first Weather System Follow-on Microwave (WSF-M) spacecraft for the U.S. Space Force. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, is scheduled for 7:25 a.m. PDT on Thursday, April 11 (10:25 a.m. EDT / 1425 UTC). The first-stage booster, making its third flight, will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg almost eight minutes into the flight.

Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 30 minutes before launch.

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[johnnie]

I never get tired of watching these rockets land -- they nail it every time. USA -- USA -- USA!!!

[m.theresa]

Love catching these on replay. Thanks !

[costrio]

I like the west coast boost back maneuvers and the landings on land as a nice variety from the east coast launch coverage.
The landings are still so awesome to watch.
I especially like it when it's a day launch and we can get glimpses of the Earth below.
Beautiful landing shot in this video.

[gregsmith]

Thank you WRS and Spaceflight Now! Great telecast.

[MicrobiusBlue]

I never tire of seeing the booster landing ❤

[davidmorgan]

Rocket looks great & weather is beautiful 👍🏻😊👏🏻😍

[jedgarren]

Are these USSF missions the replacement of the GOES satellite constellation?

[BBG]

What was leaking from the vacuum engine after it lit, it was leaking the entire time and also it
Seemed like a ring was moving around the nozzle

[fredricbethune]

I love it when SpaceX actually does the call out and explains the launches in detail as only they can. Keep it up please Elon.

[jshepard]

28:40 Launch
31:16 Stage sep
35:06 Entry burn
36:18 Landing
1:23:40 Deploy

[imleta]

I didn't get a notification this morning 😢 I missed it ☹️

[ceskgalaxycreations]

imagine when they start putting these landing rockets onto ships

[keykqpu]

People here on the West Coast are getting pissed at all these sonic booms! The number of launches has gone way up. Oh, the first world problems we must endure! 😂

[madmax]

Every SpaceX launch is one step closer to seeing a man walking around on Mars.

[edmundo.santiago]

Sounds like someone in the background is shuffling a deck of cards. Jeez.

[durhamdf]

God damn, how many “weather satellites” could we possibly need?! 🤣

[paulpark]

And this weather satellite costs many many times more than an equivalent commercial satellite just because it is “military”.

[ahawk]

Sooo.... What was the debris dancing around the upper part of the engine nozzle? It finally let go once it hit engine shut down...

[EricBishard]

We get so excited about these, like it's a rocket and rockets are cool and make noise and are so futuristic. But. What the health of our low Earth orbit and light-pollution, potentially hazardous traffic and ozone depletion? We don't care much about that, but Internet for farmers is good i Guess.

[FLIPPER]

***NOTIFICATIONS + 🔔 is not happening, even though I’ve done everything I can to start getting these****