SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-49
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No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.August 12, 2026 · 04:46 UTCAdd to calendar
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SpaceX's 716th launch · 97th this year · humanity's 7,364th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Aug 12, 02:00 – Aug 12, 06:00 UTC
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Airspace & maritime notices
- Sector San Diego, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)/Space Operations/Hazardous Warning Area/Commercial (Hazardous) · Expired
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Starlink Group 17-49
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
- B1103 · flight 5 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer E · zone record 224/232
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 17-49 — The Space Devs
- Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches California carrying 24 Starlink satellite to orbit — 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−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M8SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M57SFairing Separation
- T+5M59SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M22SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M56SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M19SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+52M37SSES-2
- T+52M38SSECO-2
- T+1H1M28SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Adjusted historical T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/12/2026 · source
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/12/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/12/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 8/12/2026 · source
Now targeting Aug 12 at 04:46 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/11/2026 · source
Now targeting Aug 12 at 02:00 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/29/2026 · source
Now targeting Aug 11 at 02:00 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/27/2026 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/27/2026 · source
News
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
The Starlink 17-49 mission will be the 73rd mission flying SpaceX’s broadband internet satellites to orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled during a window that opens at 7 p.m. PDT (10 p.m. EDT / 0200 UTC).
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Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Aug 11, 9:46 PM PDT
296 launches from this pad · 912 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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