SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 15-3
Launched
May 10, 2025 · 00:19 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 15-3 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on May 10, 2025 at 00:19 UTC. The launch window ran from 00:03 to 02:21 UTC. It was SpaceX's 505th launch, 56th this year and humanity's 6,946th orbital launch attempt. It was the 415th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 54th this year. Booster B1081 flew for the 14th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 33863, one of 26 catalogued objects, from May 15, 2025, was 297 × 303 km inclined 70.0°. 26 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1081 · flight 14 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 55 days after its previous flight, Transporter 13 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 415th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 54th this yearSpaceX's 505th launch56th this yearhumanity's 6,946th orbital launch attempt97th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 33863 · NORAD 63864 · 2025-094 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 26 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-094A
- Epoch
- 2025-05-15 16:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.93284622 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0004123
- Inclination
- 69.9963°
- Ascending node
- 292.5043°
- Arg. of perigee
- 274.1986°
- Mean anomaly
- 322.8998°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 210
- B*
- -0.0027638
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−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp 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+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M54SFairing Separation
- T+6M6SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M30SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M50SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+53M36SSES-2
- T+53M38SSECO-2
- T+1H2M30SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
26 catalogued: 26 payloads; 25 still in orbit
- Starlink 33863 · NORAD 63864 · in orbit
- Starlink 33897 · NORAD 63865 · in orbit
- Starlink 34022 · NORAD 63866 · in orbit
- Starlink 33979 · NORAD 63867 · in orbit
- Starlink 34007 · NORAD 63868 · in orbit
- Starlink 34006 · NORAD 63869 · in orbit
- Starlink 33986 · NORAD 63870 · in orbit
- Starlink 34013 · NORAD 63871 · in orbit
- Starlink 34059 · NORAD 63872 · in orbit
- Starlink 33987 · NORAD 63873 · in orbit
- Starlink 34052 · NORAD 63874 · in orbit
- Starlink 34023 · NORAD 63875 · in orbit
Show 14 more payloads
- Starlink 34061 · NORAD 63876 · re-entered May 8, 2026
- Starlink 33778 · NORAD 63877 · in orbit
- Starlink 33901 · NORAD 63878 · in orbit
- Starlink 33812 · NORAD 63879 · in orbit
- Starlink 33779 · NORAD 63880 · in orbit
- Starlink 33905 · NORAD 63881 · in orbit
- Starlink 34003 · NORAD 63882 · in orbit
- Starlink 33968 · NORAD 63883 · in orbit
- Starlink 33943 · NORAD 63884 · in orbit
- Starlink 33858 · NORAD 63885 · in orbit
- Starlink 33885 · NORAD 63886 · in orbit
- Starlink 33904 · NORAD 63887 · in orbit
- Starlink 33981 · NORAD 63888 · in orbit
- Starlink 33738 · NORAD 63889 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 26 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
191st launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 17th this year · 805th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 9, 5:19 PM PDT, 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 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 5/10/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/10/2025 · source
Now targeting May 10 at 00:19 UTC
SwGustav · 5/10/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/9/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/8/2025 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/5/2025 · source
NET May 10 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/4/2025 · source
Delayed TBD with removal of official webpage.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/4/2025 · source
New T-0 is accurate to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/3/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 15-3 launch?
Starlink Group 15-3 launched on May 10, 2025 at 00:19 UTC. The launch window ran from 00:03 to 02:21 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 15-3?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 15-3; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 15-3 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - May 9, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites from California on Falcon 9 rocket. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 15-3?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 15-3 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was May 9, 5:19 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1081 flew for the 14th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 15-3 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 33863, one of 26 catalogued objects, from May 15, 2025, was 297 × 303 km inclined 70.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 15-3 launch?
26 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 25 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 15-3 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink