Falcon 9Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-26
Launch Time
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 02:12 PM UTC
Current Status
Go for Launch
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Launch Provider
SpaceX
Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9
Launch Date
25 February 2026
Launch Time (Second)
02:12 PM
Launch Window
240 minutes
Launch Status
Go for Launch
Communications
Low Earth Orbit
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Credit: SpaceX
Window Start
02:00 PM
Liftoff (T-0)
02:12 PM
Window End
06:00 PM
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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The Starlink 17-26 mission will also be the 540th launch of a previously flown Falcon booster. Liftoff from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 6:17:49 a.m. PST (9:17:49 a.m. EST / 1417:49 UTC).
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