Starlink 17-42 – Spaceflight Now

June 9, 2026

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[ June 7, 2026 ] SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket booster on record-breaking 35th flight Falcon 9
[ June 6, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 2 Starshield satellites during Saturday night Starlink mission Falcon 9
[ June 5, 2026 ] NASA crew briefly shelters inside Dragon capsule as Russia addresses new space station leaks Mission Reports
[ June 4, 2026 ] NASA head urges new launcher for Blue Origin’s moon landers to meet Artemis mission deadlines Moon Base
[ June 3, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Falcon 9

SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg SFB

May 20, 2026 Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX’s 45th Starlink mission of the year saw the company add another 24 broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 7:46 p.m. PDT (10:46 p.m. EDT / 0246 UTC).