Video in the player above shows a previous Falcon 9 Rocket launch. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Falcon 9 Rocket is scheduled to launch out of the Vandenberg Space Force Base Thursday evening. The rocket launch is scheduled to lift off of the south base at 7:52 p.

SpaceX is targeting Thursday, January 9 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-153 mission that can be seen above Southern California.

A SpaceX Starlink mission is set to launch from Central Florida on Wednesday. The Falcon 9 rocket carry 21 Starlink satellites — including 13 with direct-to-cell capabilities — is set to take off at 10:27 a.m. from Kennedy Space Center and head toward low-Earth orbit.

The launch will be SpaceX ’s 134th Falcon flight in 2024, surpassing the company’s prior year total by 38 missions. Of this year’s 134 launches, 89 were devoted to expanding the Starlink global network (including this upcoming flight).

SpaceX crews are preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on Wednesday. The launch is scheduled for 10:27 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A at Kenney Space Center. The rocket is set to send another batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.