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Launch Date: March 8, 2026 Launch Time: 4:00 a.m. PDT, 1100 UTC, 12:00 CET Launch Window: Open 7:58 a.m. PDT Launch Site: SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base, California Targeted Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Launch Inclination: South Launch Status: Scheduled and announced Mission: Starlink Group 17-18 Launch Provider: SpaceX Launcher System: Falcon 9 (Booster 1097 - Turnaround time 38 days) Flight for the Booster: 7 Previous Flights of the Booster: 6 - Sentinel-6B, Twilight, and four Starlink missions Droneship: Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) Price: $69,75 million (without payload) Diameter: 3,7 m Height: 70 meters Payload to Orbit: 22,800 LEO / 8,300 GTO Lift-Off Thrust: 7,607 kilonewtons Fairing: Diameter 5,2 meters / Height 13 meters Stages: 2 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targetin...
