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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-43

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 686th launch · 67th this year · humanity's 7,304th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jun 7, 02:00 – Jun 7, 06:00 UTC
Flight preview
Starlink Group 17-43
A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. 2 US military Starshield satellites are also on board.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1097 · flight 10 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-172 · zone record 212/220
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 17-43 — The Space Devs
- Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California with Starlink and Starshield satellites — Spaceflight Now
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+1M8SMax-Q
- T+2M27SMECO
- T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M37SSES-1
- T+3M5SFairing Separation
- T+6M3SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M22SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M54SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M16SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+52M55SSES-2
- T+52M57SSECO-2
- T+1H1M47SPayload Separation
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/7/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/7/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 6/7/2026 · source
Now targeting Jun 07 at 04:24 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/7/2026 · source
Now targeting Jun 07 at 04:24 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/6/2026 · source
Now targeting Jun 07 at 02:57 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/6/2026 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/4/2026 · source
Added launch per air space closure notices.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/3/2026 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Jun 6, 9:24 PM PDT
283 launches from this pad · 899 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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