SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 15-5
Launched
May 16, 2025 · 13:43 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 15-5 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on May 16, 2025 at 13:43 UTC. The launch window ran from 13:43 to 13:50 UTC. It was SpaceX's 510th launch, 61st this year and humanity's 6,954th orbital launch attempt. It was the 420th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 59th this year. Booster B1093 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 34051, one of 26 catalogued objects, from May 22, 2025, was 302 × 307 km inclined 70.0°. 26 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1093 · flight 2 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 38 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 11-11 · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 420th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 59th this yearSpaceX's 510th launch61st this yearhumanity's 6,954th orbital launch attempt105th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 34051 · NORAD 64022 · 2025-102 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 26 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-102A
- Epoch
- 2025-05-22 22:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.91675633 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0003532
- Inclination
- 69.9922°
- Ascending node
- 137.9523°
- Arg. of perigee
- 272.0901°
- Mean anomaly
- 330.6825°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 214
- B*
- -0.0031062
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+1M6SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M53SFairing Separation
- T+6M6SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M30SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M50SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M14SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M40SSES-2
- T+53M41SSECO-2
- T+1H2M33SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
26 catalogued: 26 payloads; 26 still in orbit
- Starlink 34051 · NORAD 64022 · in orbit
- Starlink 34087 · NORAD 64023 · in orbit
- Starlink 34184 · NORAD 64024 · in orbit
- Starlink 34088 · NORAD 64025 · in orbit
- Starlink 33992 · NORAD 64026 · in orbit
- Starlink 33967 · NORAD 64027 · in orbit
- Starlink 33953 · NORAD 64028 · in orbit
- Starlink 33790 · NORAD 64029 · in orbit
- Starlink 34030 · NORAD 64030 · in orbit
- Starlink 34024 · NORAD 64031 · in orbit
- Starlink 34019 · NORAD 64032 · in orbit
- Starlink 33860 · NORAD 64033 · in orbit
Show 14 more payloads
- Starlink 33946 · NORAD 64034 · in orbit
- Starlink 34046 · NORAD 64035 · in orbit
- Starlink 34085 · NORAD 64036 · in orbit
- Starlink 34008 · NORAD 64037 · in orbit
- Starlink 34079 · NORAD 64038 · in orbit
- Starlink 34089 · NORAD 64039 · in orbit
- Starlink 34117 · NORAD 64040 · in orbit
- Starlink 34111 · NORAD 64041 · in orbit
- Starlink 34049 · NORAD 64042 · in orbit
- Starlink 34096 · NORAD 64043 · in orbit
- Starlink 34081 · NORAD 64044 · in orbit
- Starlink 34033 · NORAD 64045 · in orbit
- Starlink 33952 · NORAD 64046 · in orbit
- Starlink 33961 · NORAD 64047 · 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
193rd launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 19th this year · 807th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 16, 6:43 AM PDT, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
3 days 12 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Questions
When did Starlink Group 15-5 launch?
Starlink Group 15-5 launched on May 16, 2025 at 13:43 UTC. The launch window ran from 13:43 to 13:50 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 15-5?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 15-5; GO! - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 15-5 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - May 16, 2025; Watch live: 26 Starlink satellites launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 15-5?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 15-5 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was May 16, 6:43 AM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1093 flew for the 2nd time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 15-5 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 34051, one of 26 catalogued objects, from May 22, 2025, was 302 × 307 km inclined 70.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 15-5 launch?
26 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 26 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 15-5 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink