SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 17-29
Launched
May 6, 2026 · 03:59 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 17-29 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on May 6, 2026 at 03:59 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:00 to 06:00 UTC. It was SpaceX's 674th launch, 55th this year and humanity's 7,279th orbital launch attempt. It was the 580th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 54th this year. Booster B1081 flew for the 24th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 37592, one of 24 catalogued objects, from May 12, 2026, was 320 × 322 km inclined 97.3°. 24 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 17-29The Space Devs
- Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California with 24 Starlink internet satellitesSpaceflight Now
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1081 · flight 24 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed221/229 landed here · 40 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 17-17 · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 580th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 54th this yearSpaceX's 674th launch55th this yearhumanity's 7,279th orbital launch attempt106th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 37592 · NORAD 69025 · 2026-101 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 24 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2026-101A
- Epoch
- 2026-05-12 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.85955428 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001468
- Inclination
- 97.2885°
- Ascending node
- 346.9346°
- Arg. of perigee
- 103.943°
- Mean anomaly
- 209.7993°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 228
- B*
- -0.010602
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
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
- T−0Liftoff
- 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
Catalogued objects
24 catalogued: 24 payloads; 24 still in orbit
- Starlink 37592 · NORAD 69025 · in orbit
- Starlink 37637 · NORAD 69026 · in orbit
- Starlink 37548 · NORAD 69027 · in orbit
- Starlink 37634 · NORAD 69028 · in orbit
- Starlink 37635 · NORAD 69029 · in orbit
- Starlink 37615 · NORAD 69030 · in orbit
- Starlink 37240 · NORAD 69031 · in orbit
- Starlink 37596 · NORAD 69032 · in orbit
- Starlink 37591 · NORAD 69033 · in orbit
- Starlink 37611 · NORAD 69034 · in orbit
- Starlink 37512 · NORAD 69035 · in orbit
- Starlink 37609 · NORAD 69036 · in orbit
Show 12 more payloads
- Starlink 37608 · NORAD 69037 · in orbit
- Starlink 37466 · NORAD 69038 · in orbit
- Starlink 37612 · NORAD 69039 · in orbit
- Starlink 37616 · NORAD 69040 · in orbit
- Starlink 37614 · NORAD 69041 · in orbit
- Starlink 37644 · NORAD 69042 · in orbit
- Starlink 37571 · NORAD 69043 · in orbit
- Starlink 37664 · NORAD 69044 · in orbit
- Starlink 37667 · NORAD 69045 · in orbit
- Starlink 37666 · NORAD 69046 · in orbit
- Starlink 37576 · NORAD 69047 · in orbit
- Starlink 37663 · NORAD 69048 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
266th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 28th this year · 882nd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 5, 8:59 PM PDT, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
2 days 20 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
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
Questions
When did Starlink Group 17-29 launch?
Starlink Group 17-29 launched on May 6, 2026 at 03:59 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:00 to 06:00 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 17-29?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 17-29; Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California with 24 Starlink internet satellites; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 17-29?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 17-29 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was May 5, 8:59 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1081 flew for the 24th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 17-29 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 37592, one of 24 catalogued objects, from May 12, 2026, was 320 × 322 km inclined 97.3°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 17-29 launch?
24 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 24 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 17-29 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink