A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the PAZ satellite to low- Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on 22 February 2018, at 14:17 UTC (06:17 PST). Falcon 9's first stage for the PAZ mission previously supported the FORMOSAT-5 mission from SLC-4E in August 2017. SpaceX did not attempted to recover Falcon 9's first stage after launch.