Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg on brand new Falcon 9 rocket

SpaceX is gearing up for the first flight of a new Falcon 9 booster, with a mission from California to deploy another batch of satellites for the company’s Starlink internet service.

Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, is scheduled for 12:34 a.m. PST (3:34 a.m. EST / 0834 UTC). This will be the first flight of Falcon 9 first stage B1100, the eighth new booster to join the SpaceX fleet this year.

Spaceflight Now will have live coverage starting about 30 minutes before launch.

The Falcon 9 will take a south-easterly trajectory on departure from Vandenberg, following the coast of California, as it targets an orbit inclined at 53 degrees to the Equator. B1100 will touchdown on the drone ship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ about eight and half minutes into the flight.

This will be the 110th Starlink delivery flight of the year. SpaceX announced earlier this month it now has 8 million customers for the Starlink service.