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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA at 2026-10-30 04:02:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 305 out of 921 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Communications and the payload will be injected into a Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

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

• [2026-10-30 04:02:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-10-30 17:00:00 UTC] 🟩 GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.
• [2026-11-02 01:56:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-11-03 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Electron | The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-11-05 05:14:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-21 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-11-05 20:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 12 | SatNet LEO Group TBD? from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-11-10 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Electron | The Mountain God Rises (iQPS Launch 10) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-11-23 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-04) from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
• [2026-11-24 05:03:00 UTC] 🟨 Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 (97P) from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
• [2026-11-25 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 24 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.

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