A Falcon 9 launched the Starlink 17-51 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, deploying 24 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. Booster B1100 flew for an eighth time and landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 13.8 T (est.)
- Flight
- 612th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 25 July 2026, 15:51 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2026-171
- Launches in 2026
- 179th of 243
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