SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites to polar orbit from California

SpaceX is aiming to launch Starlink satellites into a polar orbit for the first time since 2023. The mission, dubbed Starlink 17-1, will send 24 of the broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit at a 97 degree inclination. Launch teams are targeting a liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 9:57 a.m. PDT (12:57 p.m. EDT, 1657 UTC). More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - May 27)