Falcon 9Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-27
Launch Time
Sunday, September 20, 2026 at 01:47 AM UTC
Current Status
Launch Successful
A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Launch Provider
SpaceX
Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9
Launch Designator
2026-219
Launch Date
20 September 2026
Launch Time (Second)
01:47 AM
Launch Window
240 minutes
Launch Status
Launch Successful
Communications
Low Earth Orbit
A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Credit: SpaceX
Window Start
01:47 AM
Liftoff (T-0)
01:47 AM
Window End
05:47 AM
SpaceX
Commercial
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled during a window that opens at 6:47 p.m. PDT (9:47 p.m. EDT / 0147 UTC). It will be the 81st Starlink mission of the year.
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