Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-9

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

• B1078 · flight 17 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-6 · zone record 161/162

• SpaceX Starlink Group 12-9 — The Space Devs
• Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral — Spaceflight Now
• 🚀SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink Group 12-9 — NASASpaceflight
• Starlink Mission — SpaceX

1. T−38MGO for Prop Load
2. T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
3. T−35MProp 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+1M10SMax-Q
12. T+2M24SMECO
13. T+2M27SStage 2 Separation
14. T+2M35SSES-1
15. T+3M3SFairing Separation
16. T+6MEntry Burn Startup
17. T+6M29SEntry Burn Shutdown
18. T+7M48SStage 1 Landing Burn
19. T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
20. T+8M38SSECO-1
21. T+53M58SSES-2
22. T+54MSECO-2
23. T+1H5M7SStarlink Deployment

• Launch successful.

  hitura-nobad · 2/8/2025 · source

• Liftoff!

  hitura-nobad · 2/8/2025 · source

• Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

  LL2 · 2/8/2025 · source

• Now targeting Feb 08 at 19:18 UTC

  hitura-nobad · 2/8/2025 · source

• Launch time is accurate to the second

  Nosu · 2/7/2025 · source

• Now targeting Feb 08 at 18:23 UTC

  hitura-nobad · 2/7/2025 · source

• GO for launch.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 2/7/2025 · source

• Updated launch weather.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 2/7/2025 · source

• Tweaked T-0.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 2/6/2025 · source

• Marked launch pad to be used.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 2/1/2025 · source