SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 17-1
Launched
May 27, 2025 · 16:57 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 17-1 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on May 27, 2025 at 16:57 UTC. The launch window ran from 16:14 to 20:14 UTC. It was SpaceX's 514th launch, 65th this year and humanity's 6,965th orbital launch attempt. It was the 424th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 63rd this year. Booster B1082 flew for the 13th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Starlink 34314, one of 26 catalogued objects, reached a 272 × 286 km orbit inclined 97.6°. 26 objects from this launch are catalogued, 24 of them payloads.
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- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 424th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 63rd this yearSpaceX's 514th launch65th this yearhumanity's 6,965th orbital launch attempt116th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 34314 · NORAD 64146 · 2025-112 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 26 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-34314
- Object ID
- 2025-112A
- Epoch
- 2025-05-28 17:11:41 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.00819892 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0010488
- Inclination
- 97.5998°
- Ascending node
- 196.4188°
- Arg. of perigee
- 248.1864°
- Mean anomaly
- 294.1806°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- 0.0019364
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−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M54SFairing Separation
- T+6M9SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M30SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M53SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M16SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M42SSECO-1
- T+54M6SSES-2
- T+54M8SSECO-2
- T+1H3MStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
26 catalogued: 24 payloads, 2 debris; 25 still in orbit
- Starlink 34314 · NORAD 64146 · in orbit
- Starlink 33926 · NORAD 64147 · in orbit
- Starlink 34213 · NORAD 64148 · in orbit
- Starlink 33924 · NORAD 64149 · in orbit
- Starlink 34209 · NORAD 64150 · in orbit
- Starlink 34338 · NORAD 64151 · in orbit
- Starlink 34348 · NORAD 64152 · in orbit
- Starlink 34345 · NORAD 64153 · in orbit
- Starlink 33945 · NORAD 64154 · in orbit
- Starlink 34346 · NORAD 64155 · in orbit
- Starlink 34277 · NORAD 64156 · in orbit
- Starlink 34343 · NORAD 64157 · in orbit
Show 12 more payloads
- Starlink 34166 · NORAD 64158 · in orbit
- Starlink 34344 · NORAD 64159 · in orbit
- Starlink 34339 · NORAD 64160 · in orbit
- Starlink 34341 · NORAD 64161 · in orbit
- Starlink 34317 · NORAD 64162 · in orbit
- Starlink 34340 · NORAD 64163 · in orbit
- Starlink 34263 · NORAD 64164 · in orbit
- Starlink 33793 · NORAD 64165 · in orbit
- Starlink 34313 · NORAD 64166 · in orbit
- Starlink 34309 · NORAD 64167 · in orbit
- Starlink 34303 · NORAD 64168 · in orbit
- Starlink 34175 · NORAD 64169 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
195th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 21st this year · 809th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 27, 9:57 AM PDT, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
3 days 18 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/27/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/27/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/27/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/24/2025 · source
Delayed to NET May 27 per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/22/2025 · source
Delayed to NET May 25.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/19/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/15/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 17-1 launch?
Starlink Group 17-1 launched on May 27, 2025 at 16:57 UTC. The launch window ran from 16:14 to 20:14 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 17-1?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 17-1; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-1 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - May 27, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California with 24 Starlinks going to polar orbit. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 17-1?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 17-1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was May 27, 9:57 AM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1082 flew for the 13th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 17-1 reach?
Starlink 34314, one of 26 catalogued objects, reached a 272 × 286 km orbit inclined 97.6°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 17-1 launch?
24 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 24 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 17-1 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink