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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-90
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 615th launch · 166th this year · humanity's 7,150th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 11, 18:59 – Dec 11, 22:59 UTC
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Starlink Group 6-90
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1083 · flight 16 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-37 · zone record 156/157
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-90 — The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral — Spaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-90 — NASASpaceflight
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M24SMECO
- T+2M27SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M56SFairing Separation
- T+6M7SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M34SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M58SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M22SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+53M55SSES-2
- T+53M57SSECO-2
- T+1H5M2SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/11/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 12/11/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/11/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 12/11/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 11 at 22:01 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/11/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 11 at 20:26 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/11/2025 · source
Weather is >95% favorable for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/9/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/5/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/4/2025 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: Dec 11, 5:01 PM EST
393 launches from this pad · 1,121 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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