Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 21 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 21 second-generation Starlink internet satellites. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Thursday, September 12, at 6:45 p.m. PDT (9:45 p.m. EDT, 0145 UTC). The first-stage booster, B1071, making its 18th flight, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' a little more than eight minutes into the flight.

The Starlink 9-6 mission includes 13 satellites capable of providing direct to cellphone services.

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

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[clevergirl]

A lovely Starlink for dessert to finish off a spectacular day for SpaceX!
Thank you Will for the excellent as ever commentary.

[winterhorse]

Love that venting sound. It reminds me of a steam engine getting ready to work😁

[blazingsaddle]

WOW - There's no stopping Space X right now. Absolutely unstoppable.

[winsurfer]

I didn't see a notification. Thanks for the rebroadcast.

[agirldownunder]

It's a beautiful thing to see where technology can take is both figuratively and literally

[funhistory]

This afternoon I met astronaut Terry Virts in Redondo Beach at Space Park where I currently work, & tonight I got to see this rocket briefly (visible for about a minute) after launching from a place where I used to work. Fun, historic day for someone who grew up in the 60s as a sci-fi fan. 😀

[leslielarsonandrus]

I had family watching from Southern Utah and I watched from Phoenix and all of us only seen smokey skys! BOOOO!!!!

[jonesjoyce]

Ahh what a shame... I missed another launch. I didn't see the notification, but I'm glad you shared it again now, thank you very much. I can't log into my X account, I need to protect myself. Congratulations to the great team, for yet another fantastic success. Deep gratitude, always. 💖💝💖👏👏👏🗽🔥🚀🚀🚀🌹

[winsurfer]

Almost 29k views and only 3k likes? Gees people it doesn't cost you anything to like a video but it helps the channel.

[DeborahReese-rekf]

Ohh Lookie there the Earth on Left Side

[jimmirow]

How are there birds or seagulls all of a sudden singing songs 25 seconds into liftoff? Thats nuclear fusion lol happening! Hearty birds 😇😃

[unclegj]

My uncle worked with the apollo program in the 60’s

[Pinkielover]

Slightly see the fog as sunset hits it here

[juliestern]

You can see smoke from the fires in CA!

[markknister]

So sad to have missed this. I saw the evidence when I took the trash out.😢😢

[Pinkielover]

Perfect night to see things in phoenix metro as

[gulfy]

50 km up and we see the so called curvature lol. Fake

[alancarrington]

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[stimpyueediot]

Q: why dont they have little boosters on the #2 stage to nudge it back to earth? that would be a cool video to watch.