[Launch Alert] Sunday Launch

[Launch Alert]

The following is an announcement from Vandenberg SFB:

"Vandenberg Space Force Base Guardians and Airmen are scheduled to support the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit, Sunday, September 28, between 4:32 p.m. - 8:32 p.m. PT from Space Launch Complex 4 East.

This launch supports Department of War communications through advanced low Earth orbit technology.

Based on Vandenberg SFB's updated audibility modeling, residents of Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Oxnard may hear a sonic boom approximately 8-10 minutes after launch, with the greatest likelihood of audibility in the Ventura and Oxnard areas.

Areas local to Vandenberg Space Force Base will hear the initial low rumble of take-off. Vandenberg SFB continues to provide safe and reliable access to space in support of national security and homeland defense.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here: https://www.spacex.com/launches/sl-11-20 and on X @SpaceX.

Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean."