SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-52
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SpaceX's 711th launch · 92nd this year · humanity's 7,354th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Aug 1, 02:00 – Aug 1, 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 17-52
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 26 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-45 · zone record 223/231
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 17-52 — The Space Devs
- Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California — 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+1M8SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M57SFairing Separation
- T+5M59SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M22SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M57SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M19SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+52M37SSES-2
- T+52M38SSECO-2
- T+1H1M28SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/1/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/1/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 8/1/2026 · source
Now targeting Aug 01 at 03:08 UTC
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Now targeting Aug 01 at 03:04 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/31/2026 · source
Now targeting Aug 01 at 02:59 UTC
Nosu · 7/31/2026 · source
Now targeting Aug 01 at 02:00 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/29/2026 · source
Now targeting Jul 31 at 02:00 UTC
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Now targeting Jul 30 at 02:00 UTC
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Now targeting Jul 29 at 02:00 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/20/2026 · source
News
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
The Starlink 17-52 mission is SpaceX’s 90th orbital launch of the year so far. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 7:59 p.m. PDT (10:59 p.m. EDT / 0259 UTC).
Launch Preview: Falcon 9 and Chang Zheng rockets set to launch this week
Five orbital launches are scheduled worldwide for this week. In China, a Chang Zheng 6A…
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Jul 31, 8:08 PM PDT
294 launches from this pad · 910 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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