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The Starlink 17-20 mission will be the seventh Starlink mission this year. Liftoff from pad 4E is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. PST (12:30 p.m. EST / 1730 UTC).

Florida’s Space Coast is preparing for a future that could see in excess of 350 launches annually.

The Starlink 17-30 mission will send the batch of satellites into a polar low Earth orbit. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is set for 6:46 p.m. PST (9:46 p.m. EST / 0246 UTC).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveal Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 6-100 mission on Jan. 18, 2026. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Jan. 18, 9:08 p.m. EST (0212 UTC):…

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The NROL-105 mission is the first of about a dozen missions planned for 2026 that support the NRO’s so-called proliferated architecture satellite constellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 8:18 p.m.…

SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft drifts away from the International Space Station on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission winds down. Image: NASA via livestream Update Jan. 14, 6:30 p.m. EST (2330 UTC): NASA,…

The GPS III Space Vehicle 09, the ninth GPS III spacecraft, is pictured traveling by road from Lockheed Martin facilities in Denver, CO, to Florida’s Space Coast. Image: Lockheed Martin The next Global Positioning System satellite is…