Falcon 9 Starlink 17-37 — 62nd 2026 Orbital Mission; 24 Sats Deployed from Vandenberg, B1100 6th Flight Lands on OCISLY (614th Recovery)

SpaceX launched Falcon 9 mission Starlink Group 17-37 at 14:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. PDT) on May 23, 2026, from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The mission deployed 24 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites into polar orbit, expanding the constellation serving SpaceX's 10.3 million global subscribers. Booster B1100 executed its sixth successful flight, landing on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' (OCISLY) deployed in the Pacific Ocean — marking the 614th cumulative Falcon 9 booster recovery in SpaceX history. The successful landing comes one day after Starship Booster 19 was lost to an off-nominal boostback burn during IFT-12, underscoring the contrast between the mature Falcon 9 reusability program and the ongoing Starship development iterations. This mission was SpaceX's 62nd orbital launch of 2026 (counting IFT-12 on May 22 as launch 61), continuing the company's pace toward exceeding its record 170 launches in 2025.