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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-48. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA at 2026-07-11 02:00:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 280 out of 896 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Communications and the payload will be injected into a Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

• [2026-07-11 02:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-48 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-07-14 01:16:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-14 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-07-14 07:15:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-45 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-07-14 14:47:50 UTC] 🟩 Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-29 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
• [2026-07-15 22:45:00 UTC] 🟨 Starship | Flight 13 from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA.
• [2026-07-16 20:22:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer E from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-07-17 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Electron | LOXSAT 1 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-07-17 11:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 7A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-07-18 05:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Vikram-I | Demo Flight from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.
• [2026-07-18 14:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-39 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.

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