The 10th Falcon 9 rocket launch of 2024 from Vandenberg Space Force Base will try to kick off the week by adding to the Starlink constellation.

Liftoff of the SpaceX rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 on South Base could occur at 7:28 p.m. Monday.

But the team has until 11:10 p.m. for the mission to get off the ground or try again another day.

If needed, additional opportunities are also available starting at 7:38 p.m. Tuesday.

A liftoff near sunset could prove picturesque but rocket launches can be delayed by technical troubles or unfavorable weather. The marine layer also often threatens to spoil the view for Central Coast launch spectators.

As with other Starlink missions, the first-stage booster will land on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You waiting in the Pacific Ocean.

While Central Coast residents will hear the rumbling of the rocket’s departure, they likely won’t hear sonic booms since the landing will take place several hundred miles southwest of Vandenberg.

Starlink, designed and built by SpaceX, provides internet access across the globe to areas where land-based service isn’t available or reliable.

The company plans to deploy thousands of Starlink satellites.

So far, rocket launches from both California and Florida have carried more than 6,000 Starlink satellites into orbit.

However, the number still in space and operating remains a few hundred lower due to on-orbit failures and retirement of older craft.

All but one of the previous nine Falcon launches since Jan. 1 from Vandenberg carried Starlink satellites.

SpaceX is aiming to launch weekly this year from Vandenberg, where the manifest includes a number of liftoffs by other companies’ rockets along with military missile tests.

A live webcast of the mission will begin on the SpaceX account on X about five minutes before liftoff.