Overview
- SpaceX plans two Falcon 9 launches from California to add to its Starlink broadband constellation this week.
- The missions, labeled Starlink 17-27 and Starlink 17-22, each aim to place 25 satellites in low Earth orbit.
- Both flights are scheduled from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg with booster recovery on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific.
- Launch windows span evening hours for the first mission and morning hours for the second, with schedules subject to change.
- Falcon 9 is a 230‑foot reusable rocket that can lift more than 50,000 pounds to low Earth orbit, which helps SpaceX fly often at lower cost.