Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

Transporter-17 dedicated rideshare deployed 81 payloads, including wildfire-detection satellites, military tech demos and in-space manufacturing experiments, into sun-synchronous orbit from Vandenberg; booster B1097 landed on Of Course I Still Love You.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

5 T (est.)

Flight

604th

of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights

Date and time

7 July 2026, 07:12 UTC

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Builder

SpaceX

Launch site

Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Payload

Dedicated Rideshare

International designator

2026-156

Launches in 2026

163rd of 243

See it in orbit

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