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Weekend rocket launch set for Central Coast

A rocket takes off from a launch pad with the ocean in the background.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

SpaceX is set to launch 24 communications satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base

Yet another rocket launch from the Central Coast is set to take place this weekend.

SpaceX is planning a Falcon 9 rocket launch Saturday morning from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

The launch is planned for 8:41 a.m. If the weather remains clear, it should be visible throughout much of the Tri-Counties.

The rocket is carrying 24 communications satellites. It would be the 28th flight for the reusable first stage booster, which is set to land on a barge off the West Coast.

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.