Deployed 25 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites to low Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base, pushing the Starlink constellation past 10,000 active satellites in orbit for the first time; booster B1088 flew its 14th mission.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 14.4 T
- Flight
- 558th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 17 March 2026, 05:19 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2026-053
- Launches in 2026
- 57th of 243
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