Starlink Group 17-52
Falcon 9 Block 5
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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●No major weather concerns at the pad right now.
Unofficial read from current conditions — not the range weather squadron's official launch-commit criteria. Data: Open-Meteo.
●No major weather concerns at the pad right now.
Unofficial read from current conditions — not the range weather squadron's official launch-commit criteria. Data: Open-Meteo.
- ▲Heavy cloud cover — thick/anvil-cloud rule risk
Unofficial read from current conditions — not the range weather squadron's official launch-commit criteria. Data: Open-Meteo.
Starship & sky
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Starship · Starbase
The fully-reusable super-heavy-lift vehicle out of Starbase, TX — the core of SpaceX's Mars architecture and Artemis lunar lander. Track flight-test hardware, watch the 24/7 Starbase cams, and follow the build.
How do clusters of galaxies form? Since our universe moves too slowly to watch, faster-moving computer simulations are created to help find out. One famous effort is TNG50 from IllustrisTNG, an upgrade of the famous Illustris Simulation. The first part of the featured video tracks cosmic gas (mostly hydrogen) as it evolves into galaxies and galaxy clusters from the early universe to today, with brighter colors marking faster moving gas. As the universe matures, gas falls into gravitational wells, galaxies forms, galaxies spin, galaxies collide and merge, all while black holes form in galaxy centers and expel surrounding gas at high speeds. The second half of the video switches to tracking stars, showing a galaxy cluster coming together, complete with stellar streams. The outflow from black holes in TNG50 is surprisingly complex and details are being compared with our real universe. Studying how gas coalesced in the early universe helps humanity better understand how our Earth, Sun, and Solar System originally formed. Explore the Universe: Random APOD Generator
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- 2026SuccessJul 25Starlink Group 17-51Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessJul 24Flight 13Starship V3 · SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
- SuccessJul 21MRV-1Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- SuccessJul 21Starlink Group 17-39Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessJul 16SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer EFalcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessJul 14Starlink Group 10-45Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- SuccessJul 14Starlink Group 15-14Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessJul 11Starlink Group 17-48Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessJul 09Starlink Group 10-42Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- SuccessJul 07Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessJul 05Starlink Group 10-50Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- SuccessJul 02Starlink Group 17-46Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessJun 29Sirius SXM-11Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- SuccessJun 28Starlink Group 17-40Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessJun 25Starlink Group 17-45Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessJun 23Project Starfall Demonstration MissionFalcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- SuccessJun 21Starlink Group 17-28Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessJun 19NROL-179Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessJun 17BlueBird Block 2 #3-5Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- SuccessJun 15Starlink Group 17-54Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessJun 12Starlink Group 10-54Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- SuccessJun 11Starlink Group 17-44Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessJun 08Starlink Group 10-35Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- SuccessJun 07Starlink Group 17-43Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessJun 04Starlink Group 10-43Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- SuccessJun 03Starlink Group 17-47Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessMay 30Starlink Group 17-41Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessMay 29Starlink Group 10-53Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- SuccessMay 26Starlink Group 17-37Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessMay 25Starlink Group 10-47Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- SuccessMay 22Flight 12Starship V3 · SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
- SuccessMay 21Starlink Group 10-31Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- SuccessMay 20Starlink Group 17-42Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessMay 15Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- SuccessMay 12NROL-172Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessMay 06Starlink Group 17-29Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessMay 03CAS500-2 & OthersFalcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessMay 01Starlink Group 10-38Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- SuccessApr 30Starlink Group 17-36Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- SuccessApr 29ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)Falcon Heavy · Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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