SpaceX targets Oct. 13 Falcon 9 Starlink launch from Vandenberg, booster's 20th flight
SpaceX is targeting October 13 at 00:11 UTC for Starlink Group 15-25 from SLC-4E at Vandenberg, carrying 27 satellites. The first-stage booster, B1088, is planned for its 20th flight and a droneship landing.
Photo: U.S. Space Force / Wikimedia Commons, public domain (file photo of a Falcon 9 Starlink launch from Vandenberg)
SpaceX is targeting October 13, 2026, at 00:11:47 UTC for a Falcon 9 launch of Starlink Group 15-25 from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, Space Now reported on October 12, citing SpaceX's mission listing.
The mission is to deploy 27 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. According to Space Now, this is planned as the 20th flight for first-stage booster B1088, which previously launched NROL-126, Transporter-12, SPHEREx, NROL-57, USSF-366 and 14 Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the first stage is to land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship in the Pacific Ocean about eight minutes after liftoff. Space Now notes the target has shifted several times and could move again, with a window ending around 03:00 UTC.
Satellite deployment is listed about 62 minutes into the flight. Space Now describes the mission as a routine Starlink cadence flight whose main significance is another reuse cycle for a high-flight booster.