SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 15-20
Launched
August 22, 2026 · 07:25 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 delivered 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from Vandenberg, adding capacity to the constellation providing space-based internet.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 15-20The Space Devs
- Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from the West CoastSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Starlink 15-20NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1100 · flight 9 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed230/238 landed here · 27 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 17-51 · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 625th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 99th this yearSpaceX's 721st launch102nd this yearhumanity's 7,373rd orbital launch attempt200th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
STARLINK-38290 · NORAD 100433 · 2026-193A · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 27 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-38290
- Object ID
- 2026-193A
- Epoch
- 2026-09-20 22:17:32 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.51676171 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00034783
- Inclination
- 70.0004°
- Ascending node
- 73.4555°
- Arg. of perigee
- 267.3273°
- Mean anomaly
- 92.7516°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 575
- B*
- 0.00059059746
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent simulated from a published stage table. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M56SFairing Separation
- T+6M1SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M23SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8MStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M23SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+52M58SSES-2
- T+52M59SSECO-2
- T+1H1M49SStarlink Deployment
About this launch
Starlink Group 15-20 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on August 22, 2026 at 07:25 UTC. The launch window ran from 07:25 to 11:25 UTC. It was SpaceX's 721st launch, 102nd this year and humanity's 7,373rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 625th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 99th this year. Booster B1100 flew for the 9th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The earliest tracked orbit of STARLINK-38290, one of 27 catalogued objects, from August 26, 2026, was 275 × 280 km inclined 70.0°.
A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
News
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 100th orbital mission of 2026The Starlink 15-20 mission represents the 99th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4 East is scheduled for 12:25 a.m. PDT (3:25 a.m. EDT / 0725 UTC).
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Airspace and maritime notices
1 notice filed by the US Coast Guard
- Sector San Diego, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)/Space Operations/Hazardous Warning Area/Commercial (Hazardous) · Expired
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Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
292nd launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 54th this year · 908th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Aug 22, 12:25 AM PDT, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
3 days 3 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 8/22/2026 · source
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 8/22/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 8/22/2026 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/22/2026 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/21/2026 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/14/2026 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/13/2026 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 15-20 launch?
Starlink Group 15-20 launched on August 22, 2026 at 07:25 UTC. The launch window ran from 07:25 to 11:25 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 15-20?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 15-20; Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from the West Coast; SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Starlink 15-20. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 15-20?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 15-20 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Aug 22, 12:25 AM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1100 flew for the 9th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 15-20 reach?
The earliest tracked orbit of STARLINK-38290, one of 27 catalogued objects, from August 26, 2026, was 275 × 280 km inclined 70.0°.
Which program is Starlink Group 15-20 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink