SpaceX Starlink 17-24 launch from Vandenberg
Summary: Spaceflight Now reports the Starlink 17-24 mission launched on March 16, 2026, at 10:19:09 p.m. PDT (March 17, 06:19:09 UTC) on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, carrying 25 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites. Booster B1088 flew its 14th mission and landed on the droneship "Of Course I Still Love You."
Milestone: This launch coincided with the 100th anniversary of Robert Goddard's first liquid-fueled rocket launch (March 16, 1926), and SpaceX's Starlink constellation exceeded 10,000 satellites in orbit simultaneously. This was SpaceX Falcon 9's 615th flight.
Sources (original pages)
- Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches 25 Starlink satellites from California