The first of three Starlink missions planned in seven days from Vandenberg Space Force Base got off the ground aboard a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday night. 

Liftoff occurred at 9:31 p.m. from Space Launch Complex-4 on South Base. 

The first-stage booster, making its 19th flight, landed on a droneship positioned in the Pacific Ocean. 

Deployment of the 24 Starlink satellites was set to take place an hour after liftoff.

Designed and built by SpaceX, Starlink involves a constellation with thousands of satellites to deliver internet access around the world especially where land-based service isn’t available or reliable.

The latest launch occurred days after Starlink experienced an outage that lasted for more than two hours. 

After restoring Starlink, officials blamed the outage on the failure of internal software services that operate the core network for the system.

“We understand how important connectivity is and apologize for the disruption,” Starlink representatives said on social media.

This weekend’s launch from the West Coast came three days after another Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA’s twin satellites into orbit on Wednesday.

Saturday’s launch marked the first of three Starlink missions from Vandenberg through next weekend.

Another is scheduled for Wednesday with a late morning or early afternoon liftoff from the base. 

The third could occur next weekend with evening departure aiming for Aug. 2.