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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-30
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 628th launch · 9th this year · humanity's 7,190th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jan 22, 02:43 – Jan 22, 06:43 UTC
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Starlink Group 17-30
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
- B1093 · flight 10 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-12 · zone record 209/217
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 17-30 — The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX to launch 25 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg, California — Spaceflight Now
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M55SFairing Separation
- T+6M9SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M35SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M58SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M22SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M15SSES-2
- T+53M16SSECO-2
- T+1H2M6SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/22/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/22/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/22/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 22 at 05:47 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/22/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 22 at 05:30 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/22/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 22 at 04:51 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/22/2026 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/22/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 22 at 04:09 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/22/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 22 at 02:46 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/21/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 22 at 02:43 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/12/2026 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Jan 21, 9:47 PM PST
283 launches from this pad · 899 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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