SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Launched
July 7, 2026 · 07:12 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on July 7, 2026 at 07:12 UTC. The launch window ran from 07:10 to 07:28 UTC. It was SpaceX's 700th launch, 81st this year and humanity's 7,335th orbital launch attempt. It was the 605th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 79th this year. Booster B1097 flew for the 11th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). The earliest tracked orbit of CAS500-4, one of 74 catalogued objects, from July 20, 2026, was 893 × 910 km inclined 99.0°. 74 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1097 · flight 11 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed230/238 landed here · 30 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 17-43 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 605th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 79th this yearSpaceX's 700th launch81st this yearhumanity's 7,335th orbital launch attempt162nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
CAS500-4 · NORAD 69869 · 2026-156A · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 74 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- CAS500-4
- Object ID
- 2026-156A
- Epoch
- 2026-08-05 10:11:35 UTC
- Mean motion
- 13.99859777 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.001256
- Inclination
- 98.9916°
- Ascending node
- 117.1383°
- Arg. of perigee
- 138.8327°
- Mean anomaly
- 221.3787°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 407
- B*
- 0.00010280921
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
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+1M9SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M38SSES-1
- T+3M12SFairing Separation
- T+6M5SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M30SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M4SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M26SStage 1 Landing
- T+51M2SSES-2
- T+51M6SSECO-2
- T+54M31SPayload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+1H12M24SPayload Deployment Sequence End
- T+1H45M1SSES-3
- T+1H45M6SSECO-3
- T+2H26M4SSES-4
- T+2H26M6SSECO-4
- T+2H30M12SPayload Separation
Catalogued objects
74 catalogued: 74 payloads; 74 still in orbit
- CAS500-4 · NORAD 69869 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X79 · NORAD 69870 · in orbit
- Pelican 11 · NORAD 69871 · in orbit
- TOM-1 · NORAD 69872 · in orbit
- Firesat-2 · NORAD 69873 · in orbit
- Cuby-4 · NORAD 69874 · in orbit
- Cuby-3 · NORAD 69875 · in orbit
- ION SCV Joyful Julia · NORAD 69876 · in orbit
- GRUS-3G · NORAD 69878 · in orbit
- Anduril-216 · NORAD 69879 · in orbit
- SCION-X · NORAD 69880 · in orbit
- Cuby-2 · NORAD 69881 · in orbit
Show 62 more payloads
- Lemur-2-Deloitte-6 · NORAD 69882 · in orbit
- Hyperion GR1 · NORAD 69883 · in orbit
- EDC-08 · NORAD 69884 · in orbit
- GRUS-3A · NORAD 69885 · in orbit
- Firesat-1 · NORAD 69886 · in orbit
- Navigator · NORAD 69887 · in orbit
- SPEAR-1B · NORAD 69888 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X81 · NORAD 69889 · in orbit
- Firesat-3 · NORAD 69890 · in orbit
- GRUS-3C · NORAD 69891 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X77 · NORAD 69892 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X80 · NORAD 69893 · in orbit
- GRUS-3F · NORAD 69894 · in orbit
- PIRX-1 · NORAD 69895 · in orbit
- BRO-31 · NORAD 69896 · in orbit
- SPEAR-1C · NORAD 69897 · in orbit
- GRUS-3E · NORAD 69898 · in orbit
- FossaSat 2E-26 · NORAD 69899 · in orbit
- SPEAR-1A · NORAD 69900 · in orbit
- R5-S9 · NORAD 69901 · in orbit
- Cuby-1 · NORAD 69902 · in orbit
- Balkan-3 · NORAD 69903 · in orbit
- Kita-53 · NORAD 69904 · in orbit
- Lemur-2-Alex-Fulton · NORAD 69905 · in orbit
- TOM-3 · NORAD 69906 · in orbit
- Cuby-5 · NORAD 69907 · in orbit
- Flashpoint 1 · NORAD 69908 · in orbit
- Kita-36 · NORAD 69909 · in orbit
- Lemur-2-Deloitte-5 · NORAD 69910 · in orbit
- MarmotSat · NORAD 69912 · in orbit
- Ipos-TDSM · NORAD 69913 · in orbit
- TOM-2 · NORAD 69914 · in orbit
- Flashpoint 2 · NORAD 69915 · in orbit
- KOYO · NORAD 69916 · in orbit
- Bohr · NORAD 69917 · in orbit
- GRUS-3B · NORAD 69918 · in orbit
- GRUS-3D · NORAD 69919 · in orbit
- Marina · NORAD 69920 · in orbit
- Posidonia · NORAD 69922 · in orbit
- RAFS Cubesat · NORAD 69923 · in orbit
- Centauri 9 · NORAD 69924 · in orbit
- ETSAT-001 · NORAD 69925 · in orbit
- Lemur-2-Jess-R · NORAD 69926 · in orbit
- Replicator-2 · NORAD 69927 · in orbit
- Lemur-2-Alyx · NORAD 69928 · in orbit
- GENIE N2-P-Body · NORAD 69929 · in orbit
- Lemur-2-SophiLuna-X1 · NORAD 69930 · in orbit
- GRITSS · NORAD 69931 · in orbit
- Lemur-2-Nuray · NORAD 69932 · in orbit
- Lemur-2-Crimborealis · NORAD 69933 · in orbit
- Lemur-2-Deloitte-4 · NORAD 69934 · in orbit
- Kostka · NORAD 69935 · in orbit
- Oasis Alpha · NORAD 69936 · in orbit
- Leonav-1 · NORAD 69937 · in orbit
- Cybercube · NORAD 69938 · in orbit
- CloudCT-Precursor · NORAD 69939 · in orbit
- Lemur-2-Eleonore · NORAD 69940 · in orbit
- ETSAT-002 · NORAD 69941 · in orbit
- ETSAT-003 · NORAD 69942 · in orbit
- Nova 1 · in orbit
- SUCHAI-4 · in orbit
- MAVERIC · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
News
SpaceX launches Transporter-17 amid concerns about rideshare program’s futureSpaceX launched the latest in its Transporter series of rideshare missions July 7 as industry concerns about the program’s future reach what one rival company executive called a panic.
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Live coverage: Fire detectors, military tech demos, 3D printers among SpaceX rideshare payloads launching on midnight Falcon 9 flightSpaceX will launch a series of 81 payloads to a Sun-synchronous Earth orbit over a roughly 2.5-hour-long deployment period. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled during a 95-minute window that opens at 12:10 a.m. PDT (0310 EDT / 0710 UTC).
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
280th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 42nd this year · 896th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jul 7, 12:12 AM PDT, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
5 days 4 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
All payloads deployed, launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 7/7/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 7/7/2026 · source
Now targeting Jul 07 at 07:12 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/7/2026 · source
Updated launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/6/2026 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/1/2026 · source
NET July 7, TBC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/29/2026 · source
NET July.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/22/2026 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/3/2025 · source
Questions
When did Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch?
Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launched on July 7, 2026 at 07:12 UTC. The launch window ran from 07:10 to 07:28 UTC.
Where can I watch Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)?
Coverage: SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Transporter 17 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - July 7, 2026; Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Transporter 17 with 81 rideshare payloads from California; Transporter-17 Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Jul 7, 12:12 AM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1097 flew for the 11th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) reach?
The earliest tracked orbit of CAS500-4, one of 74 catalogued objects, from July 20, 2026, was 893 × 910 km inclined 99.0°.
How many satellites did Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch?
74 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 74 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).