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SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-24

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September 5, 2026 · 11:13 UTCAdd to calendar

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SpaceX's 726th launch · 107th this year · humanity's 7,386th orbital launch attempt

Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.

Window: Sep 5, 11:13 – Sep 5, 15:13 UTC

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Airspace & maritime notices

Closure posted

  • Sector San Diego, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)/Space Operations/Hazardous Warning Area/Commercial (Hazardous)

    Matched by notice text · Source

Starlink Group 15-24

A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Booster

  • B1088 · flight 19 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-366 · zone record 222/230

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Flight timeline

  1. T−38MGO for Prop Load
  2. T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
  3. T−35MProp Load
  4. T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
  5. T−7MEngine Chill
  6. T−1MStartup
  7. T−1MTank Press
  8. T−45SGO for Launch
  9. T−3SIgnition
  10. T−0Liftoff
  11. T+1M8SMax-Q
  12. T+2M25SMECO
  13. T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
  14. T+2M36SSES-1
  15. T+2M57SFairing Separation
  16. T+6M1SEntry Burn Startup
  17. T+6M25SEntry Burn Shutdown
  18. T+7M59SStage 1 Landing Burn
  19. T+8M21SStage 1 Landing
  20. T+8M38SSECO-1
  21. T+53M9SSES-2
  22. T+53M10SSECO-2
  23. T+1H2M1SStarlink Deployment

Updates

  • Now targeting Sep 05 at 11:13 UTC

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/26/2026 · source

  • Added launch.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/21/2026 · source

Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E

Local pad time: Sep 5, 4:13 AM PDT

293 launches from this pad · 909 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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