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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-42. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA at 2026-05-20 02:11:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 267 out of 883 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.

• [2026-05-20 02:11:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-42 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-05-21 09:26:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-31 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-05-21 22:30:00 UTC] 🟩 Starship | Flight 12 from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA.
• [2026-05-22 09:30:00 UTC] 🟩 Electron | Viva La StriX (StriX Launch 9) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-05-23 14:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-37 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-05-24 14:58:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 23 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-05-25 11:41:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-47 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-05-26 16:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 7A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-05-27 14:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-41 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-05-29 16:27:00 UTC] 🟩 Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (LA-07) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.

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