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The Space Coast set a new launch record in 2023 with 72 orbital missions from either Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The pace of launches could ramp up by the end of 2024 to a near twice-weekly rate.
Liftoff is targeted for 3:20 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base. A backup opportunity also is available Wednesday at the same time.
Boeing aims to launch its first astronaut mission with the Starliner capsule in early June after resolving recent issues including a small helium leak in the propulsion system that was discovered.
SpaceX plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
SpaceX was scheduled to launch 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on Monday morning, but the launch has been scrubbed.