On a beautiful beach area in California, on Wednesday, March 26 at 3:11 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 27 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

This was the 24th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, NROL-113, NROL-167, NROL-149, and now 16 Starlink missions.

SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 11-7 smallsats on Wednesday

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch Starlink Group 11-7 smallsats on Wednesday, March 26th from 3:00 PM – 7:22 PM PDT into low Earth orbit. The launch will increase the smallsat constellation and will take place at Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB .

Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force’s Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.

The Falcon 9 first stage will attempt to land on ASDS OCISLY after its flight.

The forecast calls for a temperature of 59°F, scattered clouds, 32% cloud cover and a wind speed of 7mph.