Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-16

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

• B1088 · flight 15 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-24 · zone record 212/220

• SpaceX Starlink Group 17-16 — The Space Devs
• Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 25 Starlinks from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California — Spaceflight Now
• Starlink Mission — SpaceX

1. T−38MGO for Prop Load
2. T−35MProp Load
3. T−35MStage 1 LOX 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+1M8SMax-Q
12. T+2M27SMECO
13. T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
14. T+2M37SSES-1
15. T+2M59SFairing Separation
16. T+5M59SEntry Burn Startup
17. T+6M20SEntry Burn Shutdown
18. T+7M51SStage 1 Landing Burn
19. T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
20. T+8M41SSECO-1
21. T+52M19SSES-2
22. T+52M21SSECO-2
23. T+1H1M11SStarlink Deployment

• Launch success.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/26/2026 · source

• Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

  LL2 · 4/26/2026 · source

• Liftoff.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/26/2026 · source

• Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

  LL2 · 4/26/2026 · source

• Now targeting Apr 26 at 14:37 UTC

  Nosu · 4/26/2026 · source

• Now targeting Apr 26 at 14:36 UTC

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/25/2026 · source

• Now targeting Apr 26 at 14:24 UTC

  Nosu · 4/25/2026 · source

• Now targeting Apr 26 at 14:00 UTC

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/20/2026 · source

• Added launch.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/14/2026 · source