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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-12
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 616th launch · 167th this year · humanity's 7,154th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 14, 05:20 – Dec 14, 09:20 UTC
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Starlink Group 15-12
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
- B1093 · flight 9 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-14 · zone record 209/217
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 15-12 — The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX to launch 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg, California — Spaceflight Now
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M54SFairing Separation
- T+6M10SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M33SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M2SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M25SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M15SSES-2
- T+54M17SSECO-2
- T+1H3M8SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/14/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/14/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 14 at 05:49 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/13/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 14 at 05:35 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/13/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 14 at 05:20 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/9/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/5/2025 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Dec 13, 9:49 PM PST
283 launches from this pad · 899 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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