Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 11,000th Starlink satellite to date on Thursday
SpaceX currently has more than 9,500 Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit. Liftoff of the Starlink 17-19 mission from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 8:42 a.m. PST (11:42 a.m. EST / 1642 UTC).