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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-5. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA at 2025-08-18 15:44:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 208 out of 822 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.

• [2025-08-18 15:44:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-5 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2025-08-20 17:13:00 UTC] 🟩 Soyuz 2.1a | Bion-M No. 2 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
• [2025-08-21 08:30:00 UTC] 🟩 Angara 1.2 | Kosmos (Unknown Payload) from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
• [2025-08-22 03:40:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | OTV-8 (X-37B) (USSF-36) from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
• [2025-08-22 15:44:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-6 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2025-08-24 06:45:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-33 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2025-08-24 23:30:00 UTC] 🟩 Starship | Flight 10 from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA.
• [2025-08-27 05:49:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-11 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2025-08-30 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-7 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2025-08-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 4 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.

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