Watch live: SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket from California

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 24 optimized Starlink v2 Mini internet satellites. Liftoff from the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Monday, August 18, at 9:26 a.m. PDT (12:26 p.m. EDT / 1626 UTC).

The first-stage booster, B1088, making its ninth flight, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' a little more than eight minutes into the flight.

The Starlink 17-5 mission will head on a southerly trajectory on departure from Vandenberg.

Our live coverage with commentary from Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 30 minutes before launch.

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