SpaceX's Falcon 9 bolted off the pad at 12:38 p.m. at Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, carrying 28 Starlink satellites.

After soaring along a southeasterly trajectory, the rocket's first-stage booster will target landing aboard a SpaceX drone ship out at sea about eight minutes after liftoff.

The launch window opens at 6:15 p.m. PT Monday, May 12, and lasts until 7:08 p.m., according to a launch alert from Vandenberg Space Force Base.