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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-20
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 629th launch · 10th this year · humanity's 7,192nd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jan 25, 15:17 – Jan 25, 19:17 UTC
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Starlink Group 17-20
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1097 · flight 6 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission · zone record 209/217
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 17-20 — The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from California with 25 Starlink Internet satellites — Spaceflight Now
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M24SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M55SFairing Separation
- T+6M7SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M33SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M57SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M21SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M11SSES-2
- T+53M12SSECO-2
- T+1H2M3SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/25/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/25/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/25/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 25 at 17:30 UTC
hitura-nobad · 1/25/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 25 at 16:44 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/25/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 25 at 15:38 UTC
hitura-nobad · 1/24/2026 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/14/2026 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/13/2026 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Jan 25, 9:30 AM PST
283 launches from this pad · 899 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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