Falcon 9 deployed 24 Starlink internet satellites (Group 17-38) to low Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The first-stage booster, flying its 16th mission, landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific, marking SpaceX's 50th West Coast launch of the year.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 13.8 T (est.)
- Flight
- 617th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 8 August 2026, 16:35 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2026-181
- Launches in 2026
- 189th of 243
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