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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-22
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 513th launch · 64th this year · humanity's 6,964th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule, Anvil Cloud Rules, Surface Electric Fields Rule
Window: May 24, 17:19 – May 24, 21:04 UTC
Flight preview
Starlink Group 12-22
A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1069 · flight 24 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-74 · zone record 161/162
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 12-22 — The Space Devs
- SpaceX Starlink Group 12-22 — The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with Starlink satellites — Spaceflight Now
- 🚀 SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 12-22 Mission — NASASpaceflight
- 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+1M11SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M5SFairing Separation
- T+6M2SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M26SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M48SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M11SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M54SSES-2
- T+53M55SSECO-2
- T+1H5M2SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/24/2025 · source
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 5/24/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/24/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/24/2025 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/23/2025 · source
Changed launch pad.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/17/2025 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/17/2025 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: May 24, 1:19 PM EDT
393 launches from this pad · 1,121 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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