SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 11-39
Launched
October 3, 2025 · 14:06 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 11-39 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on October 3, 2025 at 14:06 UTC. The launch window ran from 13:00 to 17:00 UTC. It was SpaceX's 578th launch, 129th this year and humanity's 7,078th orbital launch attempt. It was the 486th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 125th this year. Booster B1097 flew for the 2nd time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 35208, one of 28 catalogued objects, from October 15, 2025, was 344 × 345 km inclined 53.2°. 28 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 11-39The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on West Coast Falcon 9 rocketSpaceflight Now
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1097 · flight 2 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 30 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 17-8 · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 486th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 125th this yearSpaceX's 578th launch129th this yearhumanity's 7,078th orbital launch attempt229th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 35208 · NORAD 65854 · 2025-223 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 28 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-35208
- Object ID
- 2025-223A
- Epoch
- 2025-10-15 14:00:03 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.77694601 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00008301
- Inclination
- 53.1516°
- Ascending node
- 253.1447°
- Arg. of perigee
- 93.0377°
- Mean anomaly
- 119.6531°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 314
- B*
- -0.0098314687
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−5MDragon Internal Power
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M55SFairing Separation
- T+6M5SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M29SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M55SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M19SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M34SSES-2
- T+53M35SSECO-2
- T+1H2M26SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
28 catalogued: 28 payloads; 28 still in orbit
- Starlink 35208 · NORAD 65854 · in orbit
- Starlink 35200 · NORAD 65855 · in orbit
- Starlink 35459 · NORAD 65856 · in orbit
- Starlink 35489 · NORAD 65857 · in orbit
- Starlink 35199 · NORAD 65858 · in orbit
- Starlink 35408 · NORAD 65859 · in orbit
- Starlink 35303 · NORAD 65860 · in orbit
- Starlink 35258 · NORAD 65861 · in orbit
- Starlink 35386 · NORAD 65862 · in orbit
- Starlink 35469 · NORAD 65863 · in orbit
- Starlink 35471 · NORAD 65864 · in orbit
- Starlink 35475 · NORAD 65865 · in orbit
Show 16 more payloads
- Starlink 35312 · NORAD 65866 · in orbit
- Starlink 35456 · NORAD 65867 · in orbit
- Starlink 35450 · NORAD 65868 · in orbit
- Starlink 35441 · NORAD 65869 · in orbit
- Starlink 35433 · NORAD 65870 · in orbit
- Starlink 35465 · NORAD 65871 · in orbit
- Starlink 34108 · NORAD 65872 · in orbit
- Starlink 35423 · NORAD 65873 · in orbit
- Starlink 35425 · NORAD 65874 · in orbit
- Starlink 34688 · NORAD 65875 · in orbit
- Starlink 34438 · NORAD 65876 · in orbit
- Starlink 35462 · NORAD 65877 · in orbit
- Starlink 35453 · NORAD 65878 · in orbit
- Starlink 35418 · NORAD 65879 · in orbit
- Starlink 35445 · NORAD 65880 · in orbit
- Starlink 35464 · NORAD 65881 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
221st launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 47th this year · 835th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Oct 3, 7:06 AM PDT, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
4 days 12 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/3/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 10/3/2025 · source
Now targeting Oct 03 at 14:06 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/3/2025 · source
Now targeting Oct 03 at 13:59 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/3/2025 · source
Now targeting Oct 03 at 13:21:59 UTC
Nosu · 10/3/2025 · source
Now targeting Oct 03 at 13:21 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/2/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/24/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 11-39 launch?
Starlink Group 11-39 launched on October 3, 2025 at 14:06 UTC. The launch window ran from 13:00 to 17:00 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 11-39?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 11-39; Watch Live: SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on West Coast Falcon 9 rocket; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 11-39?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 11-39 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Oct 3, 7:06 AM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1097 flew for the 2nd time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 11-39 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 35208, one of 28 catalogued objects, from October 15, 2025, was 344 × 345 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 11-39 launch?
28 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 28 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 11-39 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink