UPCOMING LAUNCHES - VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE ======================================================================== Updated: 2026-04-16 23:00 PDT Mission : Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-22 Provider: SpaceX Date : 2026-04-18 03:00 PDT Pad : Space Launch Complex 4E Status : Go for Launch Details : A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mission : Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-14 Provider: SpaceX Date : 2026-04-21 15:00 PDT Pad : Space Launch Complex 4E Status : Go for Launch Details : A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mission : Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-16 Provider: SpaceX Date : 2026-04-25 03:00 PDT Pad : Space Launch Complex 4E Status : Go for Launch Details : A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mission : Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-36 Provider: SpaceX Date : 2026-04-29 00:00 PDT Pad : Space Launch Complex 4E Status : Go for Launch Details : A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mission : Falcon 9 Block 5 | CAS500-2 & Others Provider: SpaceX Date : 2026-05-30 13:00 PDT Pad : Space Launch Complex 4E Status : To Be Determined Details : Ride-share of multiple satellites including: * CAS500-2 (KASA, South Korea) The South Korean CAS500-1 and -2 satellites will image the Earth in pan-chromatic and multi- spectral modes using the AEISS-C (Advanced Earth Imaging Sensor System) payload, with a ground resolution of 0.5 m in panchromatic mode and 2 m in color mode. * Pelican-7, 8 & 9 (Planet Labs) Pelican is a constellation of very high resolution imaging satellites, designed and manufactured by Planet Labs. The commercial constellation will consist of 32 SmallSats with potential for further expansion, and aims to provide improved spatial resolution and response times over Planet’s existing SkySat and Dove constellations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mission : Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) Provider: SpaceX Date : 2026-06-29 13:00 PDT Pad : Space Launch Complex 4E Status : To Be Determined Details : Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mission : Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A Provider: SpaceX Date : 2026-06-29 13:00 PDT Pad : Space Launch Complex 4E Status : To Be Determined Details : Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mission : Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer C Provider: SpaceX Date : 2026-06-29 13:00 PDT Pad : Space Launch Complex 4E Status : To Be Determined Details : Tranche 1 Tracking Layer C is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mission : Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E Provider: SpaceX Date : 2026-06-29 13:00 PDT Pad : Space Launch Complex 4E Status : To Be Determined Details : Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E is one of five missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation, which will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mission : Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A Provider: SpaceX Date : 2026-06-29 13:00 PDT Pad : Space Launch Complex 4E Status : To Be Determined Details : Tranche 1 Transport Layer A is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites. The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance. This launch carries 21 satellites manufactured by Northrop Grumman. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: Launch Library 2 API (The Space Devs)