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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-2
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 538th launch · 89th this year · humanity's 7,003rd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jul 16, 02:05 – Jul 16, 02:59 UTC
Flight preview
Starlink Group 15-2
A batch of 26 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1093 · flight 4 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-9 · zone record 209/217
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 15-2 — The Space Devs
- SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 15-2 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live — SPACE AFFAIRS
- Live: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from California with 26 Starlink satellites — 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+1M11SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M54SFairing Separation
- T+6M14SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M42SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M2SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M26SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M37SSECO-1
- T+52M24SSES-2
- T+52M26SSECO-2
- T+1H1M16SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/16/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/16/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/15/2025 · source
Delayed to NET July 16 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/14/2025 · source
Delayed to NET July 15 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/12/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/8/2025 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Jul 15, 7:05 PM PDT
283 launches from this pad · 899 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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