SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-53
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No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.August 4, 2026 · 17:05 UTCAdd to calendar
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SpaceX's 712th launch · 93rd this year · humanity's 7,356th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Aug 4, 14:00 – Aug 4, 18:00 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 17-53
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 34 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-28 · zone record 223/231
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 17-53 — The Space Devs
- Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink internet satellites from California — 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
- 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+52M24SSES-2
- T+52M25SSECO-2
- T+1H1M16SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/4/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 8/4/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/4/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 8/4/2026 · source
Now targeting Aug 04 at 17:05 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/4/2026 · source
Now targeting Aug 04 at 16:29 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/4/2026 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/4/2026 · source
Now targeting Aug 04 at 16:24 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/3/2026 · source
Now targeting Aug 04 at 14:00 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/29/2026 · source
Now targeting Aug 03 at 14:00 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/27/2026 · source
News
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
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Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Aug 4, 10:05 AM PDT
295 launches from this pad · 911 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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