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Starlink Group 15-8

Launched

June 8, 2025 · 14:20 UTC

Launch Successful
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Summary

Starlink Group 15-8 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on June 8, 2025 at 14:20 UTC. The launch window ran from 13:34 to 14:33 UTC. It was SpaceX's 522nd launch, 73rd this year and humanity's 6,976th orbital launch attempt. It was the 431st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 70th this year. Booster B1088 flew for the 7th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 34448, one of 26 catalogued objects, from June 17, 2025, was 321 × 326 km inclined 70.0°. 26 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.

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Vehicle
Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
Booster
  • B1088 · flight 7 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 26 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 15-4 · 574 km downrange
Mission
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
Milestone
431st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 70th this yearSpaceX's 522nd launch73rd this yearhumanity's 6,976th orbital launch attempt127th orbital launch attempt this year

Flight preview

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Orbit: as tracked

70.0°Inclination
321 × 326 kmPerigee × apogeefrom mean elements
90.9 minPeriodfrom mean elements
161.4°Ascending node
485 d agoElement epoch2025-06-17 20:00 UTC · stale

Starlink 34448 · NORAD 64291 · 2025-123 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 26 objects

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Object
TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
Object ID
2025-123A
Epoch
2025-06-17 20:00:01 UTC
Mean motion
15.8492869 rev/day
Eccentricity
0.0003381
Inclination
69.9949°
Ascending node
161.3987°
Arg. of perigee
273.0424°
Mean anomaly
282.5056°
Element set
999
Rev at epoch
260
B*
-0.0043751

Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.

Flight timeline

23 steps, T−38 min to T+1 h 1 min
  1. T−38MGO for Prop Load
  2. T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
  3. T−35MProp Load
  4. T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
  5. T−7MEngine Chill
  6. T−1MStartup
  7. T−1MTank Press
  8. T−45SGO for Launch
  9. T−3SIgnition
  10. T−0Liftoff
  11. T+1M6SMax-Q
  12. T+2M24SMECO
  13. T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
  14. T+2M35SSES-1
  15. T+2M52SFairing Separation
  16. T+6M7SEntry Burn Startup
  17. T+6M32SEntry Burn Shutdown
  18. T+7M52SStage 1 Landing Burn
  19. T+8M15SStage 1 Landing
  20. T+8M39SSECO-1
  21. T+52M30SSES-2
  22. T+52M32SSECO-2
  23. T+1H1M24SStarlink Deployment

Catalogued objects

26 catalogued: 26 payloads; 26 still in orbit

  • Starlink 34448 · NORAD 64291 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34362 · NORAD 64292 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34428 · NORAD 64293 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34388 · NORAD 64294 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34424 · NORAD 64295 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34443 · NORAD 64296 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34369 · NORAD 64297 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34391 · NORAD 64298 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34378 · NORAD 64299 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34376 · NORAD 64300 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34372 · NORAD 64301 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34379 · NORAD 64302 · in orbit
Show 14 more payloads
  • Starlink 34356 · NORAD 64303 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34360 · NORAD 64304 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34383 · NORAD 64305 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34355 · NORAD 64306 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34380 · NORAD 64307 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34374 · NORAD 64308 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34370 · NORAD 64309 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34357 · NORAD 64310 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34368 · NORAD 64311 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34384 · NORAD 64312 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34358 · NORAD 64313 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34354 · NORAD 64314 · in orbit
  • Starlink 34387 · NORAD 64315 · in orbit
  • Starlink 33590 · NORAD 64316 · 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.

Official page: SpaceX

Pad

Map of Space Launch Complex 4E

Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

198th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 24th this year · 812th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Local pad time at liftoff: Jun 8, 7:20 AM PDT, in daylight

303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

3 days 14 hours after the previous launch from this pad

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Updates

Launch success.

Cosmic_Penguin · Jun 8, 2025 · source

Show 5 earlier updates

  • Liftoff!

    hitura-nobad · 6/8/2025 · source

  • Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

    LL2 · 6/8/2025 · source

  • New T-0.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 6/8/2025 · source

  • GO for launch.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 6/7/2025 · source

  • Added launch.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 5/30/2025 · source

Questions

When did Starlink Group 15-8 launch?

Starlink Group 15-8 launched on June 8, 2025 at 14:20 UTC. The launch window ran from 13:34 to 14:33 UTC.

Where can I watch Starlink Group 15-8?

Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 15-8; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 15-8 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - June 8, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 26 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California. Watch the replay

What rocket launched Starlink Group 15-8?

Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet

Where did Starlink Group 15-8 launch from?

Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Jun 8, 7:20 AM PDT local time at the pad.

Did the booster land?

Booster B1088 flew for the 7th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.

What orbit did Starlink Group 15-8 reach?

The tracked orbit of Starlink 34448, one of 26 catalogued objects, from June 17, 2025, was 321 × 326 km inclined 70.0°.

How many satellites did Starlink Group 15-8 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 15-8 part of?

Starlink. About Starlink