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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-36. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA at 2026-04-30 02:00:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 263 out of 879 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.

• [2026-04-30 02:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-36 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-04-30 08:08:00 UTC] 🟩 Ariane 64 | Amazon Leo (LE-02) from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
• [2026-04-30 11:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Soyuz-5 | Demo Flight from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
• [2026-05-01 17:33:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-38 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-05-03 06:59:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | CAS500-2 & Others from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-05-06 02:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-29 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-05-09 14:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-37 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-05-12 23:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-05-19 03:52:00 UTC] 🟩 Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
• [2026-05-22 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (LA-07) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.

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