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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-57

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SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

SpaceX's 564th launch · 115th this year · humanity's 7,053rd orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--September 5, 2025 · 12:32 UTCAdd to calendar
Success70% go

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule

Window: Sep 5, 10:56 – Sep 5, 14:56 UTC

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Starlink Group 10-57

A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Booster

  • B1069 · flight 27 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-29 · zone record 156/157

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Flight timeline

  1. T−38MGO for Prop Load
  2. T−35MProp Load
  3. T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
  4. T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
  5. T−7MEngine Chill
  6. T−1MTank Press
  7. T−1MStartup
  8. T−45SGO for Launch
  9. T−3SIgnition
  10. P0DLiftoff
  11. T+1M12SMax-Q
  12. T+2M24SMECO
  13. T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
  14. T+2M36SSES-1
  15. T+2M56SFairing Separation
  16. T+6M11SEntry Burn Startup
  17. T+6M37SEntry Burn Shutdown
  18. T+8MStage 1 Landing Burn
  19. T+8M24SStage 1 Landing
  20. T+8M39SSECO-1
  21. T+54M56SSES-2
  22. T+54M57SSECO-2
  23. T+1H4M18SStarlink Deployment

Updates

  • Launch success.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 9/5/2025 · source

  • Liftoff!

    hitura-nobad · 9/5/2025 · source

  • Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

    LL2 · 9/5/2025 · source

  • Now targeting Sep 05 at 12:32 UTC

    hitura-nobad · 9/5/2025 · source

  • Now targeting Sep 05 at 11:29 UTC

    Cosmic_Penguin · 9/4/2025 · source

  • Weather is 70% favorable for launch.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 9/4/2025 · source

  • Now targeting Sep 05 at 11:00 UTC

    Cosmic_Penguin · 9/4/2025 · source

  • Now targeting Sep 05 at 10:56 UTC

    hitura-nobad · 9/2/2025 · source

  • GO for launch.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/29/2025 · source

  • Added launch.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/28/2025 · source

Pad — Launch Complex 39A

Local pad time: Sep 5, 8:32 AM EDT

222 launches from this pad · 281 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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