SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 15-1
Launched
February 23, 2025 · 01:38 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 15-1 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on February 23, 2025 at 01:38 UTC. The launch window ran from 22:25 to 01:38 UTC. It was SpaceX's 473rd launch, 24th this year and humanity's 6,886th orbital launch attempt. It was the 384th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 23rd this year. Booster B1082 flew for the 11th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 32839, one of 22 catalogued objects, from February 28, 2025, was 283 × 288 km inclined 70.0°. 22 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1082 · flight 11 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 32 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 11-8 · 594 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 384th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 23rd this yearSpaceX's 473rd launch24th this yearhumanity's 6,886th orbital launch attempt37th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 32839 · NORAD 63077 · 2025-037 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 22 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-037A
- Epoch
- 2025-02-28 16:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.98536192 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0004319
- Inclination
- 69.9934°
- Ascending node
- 237.4279°
- Arg. of perigee
- 274.8227°
- Mean anomaly
- 52.6135°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 203
- B*
- -0.001165
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−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M54SFairing Separation
- T+6M8SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M31SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M53SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M16SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+52M29SSES-2
- T+52M30SSECO-2
- T+1H1M22SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
22 catalogued: 22 payloads; 22 still in orbit
- Starlink 32839 · NORAD 63077 · in orbit
- Starlink 32821 · NORAD 63078 · in orbit
- Starlink 32817 · NORAD 63079 · in orbit
- Starlink 32906 · NORAD 63080 · in orbit
- Starlink 32895 · NORAD 63081 · in orbit
- Starlink 32933 · NORAD 63082 · in orbit
- Starlink 32932 · NORAD 63083 · in orbit
- Starlink 32908 · NORAD 63084 · in orbit
- Starlink 32505 · NORAD 63085 · in orbit
- Starlink 32914 · NORAD 63086 · in orbit
- Starlink 32918 · NORAD 63087 · in orbit
- Starlink 32912 · NORAD 63088 · in orbit
Show 10 more payloads
- Starlink 32910 · NORAD 63089 · in orbit
- Starlink 32903 · NORAD 63090 · in orbit
- Starlink 32925 · NORAD 63091 · in orbit
- Starlink 32924 · NORAD 63092 · in orbit
- Starlink 32900 · NORAD 63093 · in orbit
- Starlink 32927 · NORAD 63094 · in orbit
- Starlink 32907 · NORAD 63095 · in orbit
- Starlink 32911 · NORAD 63096 · in orbit
- Starlink 32923 · NORAD 63097 · in orbit
- Starlink 32913 · NORAD 63098 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
181st launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 7th this year · 793rd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Feb 22, 5:38 PM PST, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
11 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/23/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 2/23/2025 · source
Now targeting Feb 23 at 01:38 UTC
hitura-nobad · 2/22/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/22/2025 · source
Delayed to NET February 22.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/18/2025 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/15/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/14/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 15-1 launch?
Starlink Group 15-1 launched on February 23, 2025 at 01:38 UTC. The launch window ran from 22:25 to 01:38 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 15-1?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 15-1; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 15-1 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - February 22, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 22 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 15-1?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 15-1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Feb 22, 5:38 PM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1082 flew for the 11th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 15-1 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 32839, one of 22 catalogued objects, from February 28, 2025, was 283 × 288 km inclined 70.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 15-1 launch?
22 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 22 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 15-1 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink