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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-17
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 580th launch · 131st this year · humanity's 7,080th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Oct 8, 01:00 – Oct 8, 05:00 UTC
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Starlink Group 11-17
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
- B1071 · flight 29 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-10 · zone record 209/217
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 11-17 — The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on West Coast Falcon 9 rocket — Spaceflight Now
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M56SFairing Separation
- T+6M9SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M34SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M2SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M25SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+53M2SSES-2
- T+53M3SSECO-2
- T+59M53SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/8/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/8/2025 · source
Now targeting Oct 08 at 03:54 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/7/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/7/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/6/2025 · source
Moved up to NET October 8 UTC per air space closure notices.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/30/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/29/2025 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Oct 7, 8:54 PM PDT
283 launches from this pad · 899 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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