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Updated · Spaceflight Now · Jun 28
SpaceX to Launch 24 Starlink Satellites on 75th Falcon 9 Mission of 2026
Updated
Updated · Spaceflight Now · Jun 28

SpaceX to Launch 24 Starlink Satellites on 75th Falcon 9 Mission of 2026

3 articles · Updated · Spaceflight Now · Jun 28

Summary

  • Falcon 9 is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg at 1609 UTC Sunday on the Starlink 17-40 mission, carrying 24 broadband satellites into low Earth orbit.
  • The launch will cap SpaceX’s June Starlink campaign and expand a constellation that already numbers more than 10,700 satellites tracked in orbit.
  • Booster B1088 is set for its 17th flight and will attempt a droneship landing in the Pacific a little more than eight minutes after liftoff.
  • A successful recovery would mark the 206th landing on Of Course I Still Love You and SpaceX’s 630th booster landing overall.
  • Following the mission, SpaceX will have logged 75 Falcon 9 launches in the first half of 2026, including 59 dedicated to Starlink.

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