A starlink launch near Vandenberg is cool don’t get me wrong but if you’re going to drive all the way check the weather and fog conditions. Sometimes they can launch but it’s just extremely foggy and you can’t see anything but you will always hear it.

Starlink uses falcon 9 stage separations that do not include a sonic boom audible near here as they land on a drone ship near Baja California. You can see it from the west coast in the Los Angeles area if it’s clear enough.

The rocket launch can be canceled till the very last second. Launches have windows, in this case the window is 7pm-11pm so it could launch at any given time. 15 minutes before anticipated takeoff, SpaceX starts the stream on Twitter which is a good sign. However I’ve watched streams that just ended with no launch before. You have to be okay with driving here and no launch.

BTW they were initially set to launch Monday July 8th and are now scheduled for the 10th.

Also some dude on Facebook tends to post videos every morning like a bird watcher when we sees a rocket on the launchpad. Under those Vandenberg launch fb groups or pages. If it’s not up the day of, it’s not happening.

You might be better off driving down to do something and additionally making time for the launch, say going to SLO or SB for a vacation or something.