Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-18

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

Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

• B1097 · flight 7 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-20 · zone record 209/217

• SpaceX Starlink Group 17-18 — The Space Devs
• Watch Live: 25 Starlink satellites launch from Vandenberg, California, on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket — Spaceflight Now
• 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−1MStartup
7. T−1MTank Press
8. T−45SGO for Launch
9. T−3SIgnition
10. P0DLiftoff
11. T+1M12SMax-Q
12. T+2M26SMECO
13. T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
14. T+2M37SSES-1
15. T+2M58SFairing Separation
16. T+6MEntry Burn Startup
17. T+6M19SEntry Burn Shutdown
18. T+7M50SStage 1 Landing Burn
19. T+8M12SStage 1 Landing
20. T+8M40SSECO-1
21. T+52M50SSES-2
22. T+52M52SSECO-2
23. T+1H1M42SStarlink Deployment

• Launch successful.

  hitura-nobad · 3/8/2026 · source

• Liftoff!

  hitura-nobad · 3/8/2026 · source

• Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

  LL2 · 3/8/2026 · source

• Now targeting Mar 08 at 11:00 UTC

  hitura-nobad · 3/8/2026 · source

• Now targeting Mar 08 at 10:59 UTC

  Cosmic_Penguin · 3/7/2026 · source

• Confirmed rescheduled for March 8.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 3/7/2026 · source

• Apparently scrubbed for the day.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 3/7/2026 · source

• Launch attempt scrubbed. New date TBD

  hitura-nobad · 3/7/2026 · source

• Now targeting Mar 07 at 14:55 UTC

  hitura-nobad · 3/7/2026 · source

• Now targeting Mar 07 at 14:33 UTC

  Cosmic_Penguin · 3/6/2026 · source