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Up, up, and maybe away? SpaceX has Falcon 9 launch set for Central Coast

A Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
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A Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Rocket will carry 21 communications satellites.

SpaceX is gearing up for yet another rocket launch from the Central Coast.

The company is planning to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:57 p.m. Monday. It’s carrying a payload of 21 Starlink communications satellites.

If for some reason there is a delay, SpaceX has four backup opportunities from 12:48 to 3:20 Tuesday morning.

Because of the cloud cover throughout the region, the launch may not be visible. The reusable first stage booster is set to land on a barge off the coast of Baja California.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.