SpaceX launched 24 Starlink broadband satellites to low Earth orbit on the Starlink 17-49 mission, lifting off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base and expanding the constellation's coverage over the Pacific and western United States.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 13.8 T (est.)
- Flight
- 619th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 12 August 2026, 04:46 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2026-184
- Launches in 2026
- 193rd of 243
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