SpaceX’s Saturday Starlink smallsats send off of Group 17-2

On Saturday, July 26 at 9:31 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink smallsats for the Starlink constellation into low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Photos captured by Satnews.

This was the 19th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission landing on Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) in the Pacific Ocean, which previously launched SDA-0A, SARah-2, Transporter-11, and now 16 Starlink missions.

SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 17-2 smallsats on Saturday

For Fernando, a farmer from Taquaritinga, in the countryside of São Paulo, Starlink solved a problem that once seemed unsolvable. “We had tried other internet solutions before, but none of them were satisfactory,” says Fernando, who runs an agricultural business with his two brothers.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch on Saturday, July 26, Group 17-2 a batch of 24 smallsats for the Starlink mega-constellation into low Earth orbit at 1:34 – 10:28 am PDT, from Space Launch 4E, Vandenberg SFB, California.

The Falcon 9 first stage B1075 will attempt to land on ASDS Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) after its 19th flight. Booster B1075 last launched 05/23/2025 and has seen 18 successful launches and landings. Falcon 9 Block 5 booster first used for the Starlink Group 2-4 mission.

The second ASDS barge, Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) services launches in the Pacific Ocean and was the site of the first landing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage during CRS-8, the launch of a Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.