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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-8

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 470th launch · 21st this year · humanity's 6,881st orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule, Liftoff Winds
Window: Feb 15, 06:14 – Feb 15, 07:15 UTC
Flight preview
Starlink Group 12-8
A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1067 · flight 26 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-12 · zone record 161/162
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 12-8 — The Space Devs
- SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 12-8 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - February 15, 2025 — SPACE AFFAIRS
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 21 Starlink satellites — Spaceflight Now
- 🚀SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink Group 12-8 — NASASpaceflight
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp 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+2M24SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M5SFairing Separation
- T+6MEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M28SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M46SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M10SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M8SSES-2
- T+54M10SSECO-2
- T+1H5M17SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch successful.
hitura-nobad · 2/15/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/15/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 2/15/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/14/2025 · source
Delayed to February 15.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/11/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/4/2025 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: Feb 15, 1:14 AM EST
393 launches from this pad · 1,121 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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