SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 15-13
Launched
December 17, 2025 · 15:27 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 15-13 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on December 17, 2025 at 15:27 UTC. The launch window ran from 15:10 to 19:10 UTC. It was SpaceX's 619th launch, 170th this year and humanity's 7,160th orbital launch attempt. It was the 526th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 165th this year. Booster B1063 flew for the 30th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 36182, one of 27 catalogued objects, from December 31, 2025, was 360 × 366 km inclined 70.0°. 27 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1063 · flight 30 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 46 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 11-23 · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 526th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 165th this yearSpaceX's 619th launch170th this yearhumanity's 7,160th orbital launch attempt311th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 36182 · NORAD 67192 · 2025-304 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 27 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-304A
- Epoch
- 2025-12-31 20:13:40 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.70907145 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00045068
- Inclination
- 69.9986°
- Ascending node
- 353.4754°
- Arg. of perigee
- 289.2548°
- Mean anomaly
- 70.816°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 349
- B*
- -0.006796234
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Flight timeline
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M54SFairing Separation
- T+6M10SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M33SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M3SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M27SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+52M23SSES-2
- T+52M25SSECO-2
- T+1H1M15SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
27 catalogued: 27 payloads; 27 still in orbit
- Starlink 36182 · NORAD 67192 · in orbit
- Starlink 36279 · NORAD 67193 · in orbit
- Starlink 36284 · NORAD 67194 · in orbit
- Starlink 36291 · NORAD 67195 · in orbit
- Starlink 36239 · NORAD 67196 · in orbit
- Starlink 36283 · NORAD 67197 · in orbit
- Starlink 36267 · NORAD 67198 · in orbit
- Starlink 36268 · NORAD 67199 · in orbit
- Starlink 36270 · NORAD 67200 · in orbit
- Starlink 36262 · NORAD 67201 · in orbit
- Starlink 36263 · NORAD 67202 · in orbit
- Starlink 36224 · NORAD 67203 · in orbit
Show 15 more payloads
- Starlink 36185 · NORAD 67204 · in orbit
- Starlink 36197 · NORAD 67205 · in orbit
- Starlink 36056 · NORAD 67206 · in orbit
- Starlink 36225 · NORAD 67207 · in orbit
- Starlink 36265 · NORAD 67208 · in orbit
- Starlink 36226 · NORAD 67209 · in orbit
- Starlink 36173 · NORAD 67210 · in orbit
- Starlink 36280 · NORAD 67211 · in orbit
- Starlink 36213 · NORAD 67212 · in orbit
- Starlink 36199 · NORAD 67213 · in orbit
- Starlink 36203 · NORAD 67214 · in orbit
- Starlink 36221 · NORAD 67215 · in orbit
- Starlink 36212 · NORAD 67216 · in orbit
- Starlink 36216 · NORAD 67217 · in orbit
- Starlink 36211 · NORAD 67218 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
238th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 64th this year · 852nd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 17, 7:27 AM PST, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
3 days 9 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/17/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 17 at 15:27 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/17/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 17 at 15:22 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/17/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 17 at 15:16 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/16/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 17 at 15:10 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/10/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/8/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 15-13 launch?
Starlink Group 15-13 launched on December 17, 2025 at 15:27 UTC. The launch window ran from 15:10 to 19:10 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 15-13?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 15-13; Watch Live: SpaceX to launch 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg, California; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 15-13?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 15-13 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Dec 17, 7:27 AM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1063 flew for the 30th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 15-13 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 36182, one of 27 catalogued objects, from December 31, 2025, was 360 × 366 km inclined 70.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 15-13 launch?
27 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 27 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 15-13 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink