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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-18
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 518th launch · 69th this year · humanity's 6,970th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: May 31, 20:10 – May 31, 23:51 UTC
Flight preview
Starlink Group 11-18
A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1071 · flight 25 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-192 · zone record 209/217
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 11-18 — The Space Devs
- SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 11-18 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - May 31, 2025 — SPACE AFFAIRS
- Watch live: Falcon 9 rocket launches SpaceX Starlink satellites from California — 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+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M56SFairing Separation
- T+6M2SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M28SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M48SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M11SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+52M57SSES-2
- T+52M59SSECO-2
- T+59M51SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/31/2025 · source
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 5/31/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/31/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/31/2025 · source
Now targeting May 31 at 20:01 UTC
hitura-nobad · 5/29/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/20/2025 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: May 31, 1:10 PM PDT
283 launches from this pad · 899 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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