SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-28
Countdown
No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.June 21, 2026 · 16:39 UTCAdd to calendar
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SpaceX's 693rd launch · 74th this year · humanity's 7,321st orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jun 21, 14:00 – Jun 21, 18:00 UTC
Flight preview
Starlink Group 17-28
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1063 · flight 33 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-21 · zone record 223/231
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 17-28 — The Space Devs
- Live: Falcon 9 rocket launches from California with 24 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink service — Spaceflight Now
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M9SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M37SSES-1
- T+2M58SFairing Separation
- T+6MEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M23SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M57SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M20SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+54M58SSES-2
- T+54M59SSECO-2
- T+1H3M50SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/21/2026 · source
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 6/21/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 6/21/2026 · source
Now targeting Jun 21 at 16:39 UTC
hitura-nobad · 6/21/2026 · source
Now targeting Jun 21 at 16:21 UTC
hitura-nobad · 6/21/2026 · source
Now targeting Jun 21 at 15:12 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/20/2026 · source
Now targeting Jun 21 at 14:00 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/17/2026 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/10/2026 · source
News
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg
The Starlink 17-28 mission is the 58th mission launching the broadband satellites into low Earth orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 8:12:16 a.m. PDT (11:12:16 a.m. EDT / 1512:16 UTC).
Launch Preview: 10 launches scheduled from sites across the world
A very busy launch manifest is expected in the upcoming week, with 10 launches scheduled…
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Jun 21, 9:39 AM PDT
294 launches from this pad · 910 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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