SpaceX Starlink 17-17 launch from Vandenberg

Summary: Spaceflight Now reports the Starlink 17-17 mission launched on March 26, 2026, at 4:03:19 p.m. PDT (23:03:19 UTC) on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, carrying 25 Starlink satellites. Booster B1081 flew its 23rd mission and landed on the droneship “Of Course I Still Love You.” Payload deploy occurred a little over one hour after liftoff. The flight had slipped two days from March 24 for unspecified vehicle/payload reasons.

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Sources (original pages)

• Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches batch of Starlink satellites from the West Coast (image: SpaceX)