Deployed 24 Starlink satellites (group 17-29) to low Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base on SpaceX's 44th dedicated Starlink flight of 2026; booster B1081 completed its 24th mission.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 13.8 T
- Flight
- 579th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 6 May 2026, 03:59 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2026-101
- Launches in 2026
- 106th of 243
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