SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 27 Starlink satellites into orbit from California

Automatically curated summary from Spaceflight Now.

SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California for the Starlink 15-25 mission on Monday at 5:28 p.m. PDT. The rocket will carry 27 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites aimed for a 266-kilometer-high orbit. First-stage booster B1088, making its 20th launch, is targeted to land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' about 8.5 minutes into the flight. Payload deployment is scheduled to occur roughly an hour after liftoff, conditional on flight success.

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Launch schedule, booster recovery, and orbital deployment depend on successful flight execution and real-time operational conditions.