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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-29
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 674th launch · 55th this year · humanity's 7,279th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: May 6, 02:00 – May 6, 06:00 UTC
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Starlink Group 17-29
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
- B1081 · flight 24 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-17 · zone record 212/220
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Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+1M8SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M37SSES-1
- T+2M59SFairing Separation
- T+5M59SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M19SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M51SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+53M2SSES-2
- T+53M3SSECO-2
- T+1H1M54SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/6/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/6/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/6/2026 · source
Now targeting May 06 at 03:59 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/5/2026 · source
Now targeting May 06 at 03:57 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/5/2026 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/5/2026 · source
Now targeting May 06 at 02:35 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/5/2026 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/23/2026 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: May 5, 8:59 PM PDT
283 launches from this pad · 899 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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