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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16

SpaceX

Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Rocket
Falcon 9 Block 5

No earlier than Oct 24, 2026, 1:29 AM ET

Launch Library gives this time to the minute.

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STATUS

Go for Launch. Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.

MISSION

Mission
Starlink Group 15-16
Type
Communications
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Program
Starlink

A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

ROCKET AND PROVIDER

Provider
SpaceX (commercial)
On SpaceDew
SpaceX
Window
Oct 24, 2026, 1:29 AM ET to Oct 24, 2026, 5:29 AM ET

BOOSTER

Core
B1082, on its 26th flight, 22 days after its last. Landing planned: Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY), autonomous spaceport drone ship, 574 km downrange.

LAUNCH SITE

Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E
Location
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Source: Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs), record updated Oct 21, 2026, 9:14 AM ET. Times are US Eastern. Every launch SpaceDew tracks

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