Overview
- SpaceX has two confirmed Starlink missions from Vandenberg's SLC-4E, with Starlink 15-14 set for Monday, July 13 and Starlink 17-39 set for Saturday, July 18, each carrying 24 satellites into low-Earth orbit during specified launch windows.
- Both missions will fly on Falcon 9 rockets, a 230-foot two-stage reusable vehicle, and aim to recover the first-stage boosters on the Pacific drone ship Of Course I Still Love You.
- Local outlets published the weekly schedule and warn that launch windows are provisional, with the FAA and SpaceX releasing advisories and backups when times change.
- Vandenberg is also preparing longer-term changes to West Coast capacity after the June demolition at SLC-6 that began a months-long modernization following SpaceX's 2025 outgrant.
- Faster, reuse-focused flights will accelerate Starlink constellation growth but raise local concerns about noise and environmental effects and could increase the frequency of visible launches for California communities.