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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-38. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA at 2026-08-08 14:00:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 287 out of 903 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.

• [2026-08-08 14:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-38 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-08-09 19:00:00 UTC] 🟩 H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
• [2026-08-10 11:54:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 7A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-08-10 14:49:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-19 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-08-10 23:37:00 UTC] 🟩 Zhuque-3 | Flight 2 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-08-12 02:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-49 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-08-15 21:52:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | R-1 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-08-16 01:02:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 (x 9) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-08-17 02:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 12 | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-08-19 02:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-50 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.

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