The Space Devs

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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-49. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA at 2026-08-12 02:00:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 288 out of 904 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.

• [2026-08-15 21:52:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-366 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-08-16 01:12:00 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.
• [2026-08-20 15:19:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-39 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-08-24 00:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 5 | Chang'e 7 from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-08-27 20:10:00 UTC] 🟩 Ariane 62 | MTG-I2 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
• [2026-08-30 11:26:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
• [2026-08-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Angara 1.2 | Kosmos (Unknown Payload) from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.

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