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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-35. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA at 2026-04-05 23:03:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 257 out of 872 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 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

• [2026-04-05 23:03:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-35 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-04-07 11:30:00 UTC] 🟩 Minotaur IV | STP-S29A from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-04-07 13:24:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 8 | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-04-08 12:51:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-24 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-04-08 19:30:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 6A | Unknown Payload from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-04-09 06:29:00 UTC] 🟩 Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
• [2026-04-10 02:39:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-21 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-04-10 11:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Smart Dragon 3 | Unknown Payload from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport.
• [2026-04-12 06:57:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-24 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-04-14 02:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-27 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.

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