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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-3

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 540th launch · 91st this year · humanity's 7,005th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jul 19, 03:51 – Jul 19, 04:52 UTC
Flight preview
Starlink Group 17-3
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1082 · flight 14 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-1 · zone record 209/217
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 17-3 — The Space Devs
- SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-3 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - July 18, 2025 — SPACE AFFAIRS
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites to polar orbit from California — Spaceflight Now
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M55SFairing Separation
- T+6M6SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M29SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M57SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M21SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M43SSES-2
- T+53M45SSECO-2
- T+1H2M35SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/19/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/19/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 7/19/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/19/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/18/2025 · source
Updating launch window
hitura-nobad · 7/16/2025 · source
Delayed to NET July 19 UTC per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/16/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/8/2025 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Jul 18, 8:52 PM PDT
283 launches from this pad · 899 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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