Name: Starlink Group 17-53 launch
Start: 2026-08-04T17:05:03+00:00
End: 2026-08-04T18:00:00+00:00
Location: Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission brief

The mission

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

PayloadStarlink Group 17-53

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

CustomerStarlink

Stages2

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

Flight plan

Mission timeline

20 / 20100%

The range

Where it leaves Earth

Launch site

Ground vector

Site locked

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Global range

Latitude: 34.632°N
Longitude: 120.611°W

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Range weather

Launch commit criteria

Clear

Watch

TrackingNo active constraints

Weather rules

Clear — tracking no weather issues at this time.

Primary concern: No weather issues
Rule count: 0
Temperature: Not reported
Surface wind: Not reported

Window

02:00 PM UTC – 06:00 PM UTC

Hardware

Vehicle & provider

Vehicle

Falcon 9 Block 5

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Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fif...

Height70 m

LEO Payload22,800 kg

Launches860

Successes717

Provider

SpaceX

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USA • Founded 2002

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur E...

Reliability