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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA at 2026-10-21 21:59:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 303 out of 919 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.

• [2026-10-21 21:59:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-10-22 07:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Electron | We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-10-23 10:07:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 6A | Unknown Payload from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-10-23 19:17:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 4B | Unknown Payload from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-10-24 05:29:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-10-25 01:42:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 8A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-10-28 04:31:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-10-29 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-10-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.
• [2026-10-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Long March 12A | Flight 2 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.

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