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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-30. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA at 2026-01-22 02:43:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 241 out of 855 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Communications and the payload will be injected into a Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

• [2026-01-22 02:43:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-30 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-01-22 10:15:00 UTC] 🟨 Electron | The Cosmos Will See You Now (Open Cosmos Constellation Launch 1) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-01-22 14:30:00 UTC] 🟩 New Shepard | NS-38 from Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA.
• [2026-01-22 20:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Spectrum | Onward and Upward from Andøya Spaceport.
• [2026-01-25 15:17:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-20 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-01-26 04:38:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV09 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-01-26 21:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 7A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-01-26 22:45:00 UTC] 🟨 Electron | Bridging The Swarm (NeonSat-1A) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-01-29 02:14:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-101 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-01-29 15:17:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-19 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.

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