SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 17-11
Launched
September 26, 2025 · 04:26 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 17-11 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on September 26, 2025 at 04:26 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:57 to 05:57 UTC. It was SpaceX's 576th launch, 127th this year and humanity's 7,073rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 484th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 123rd this year. Booster B1082 flew for the 16th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 35330, one of 24 catalogued objects, from October 6, 2025, was 331 × 332 km inclined 97.6°. 24 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 17-11The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites from California on Falcon 9 rocketSpaceflight Now
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1082 · flight 16 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 26 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 17-7 · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 484th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 123rd this yearSpaceX's 576th launch127th this yearhumanity's 7,073rd orbital launch attempt224th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 35330 · NORAD 65791 · 2025-218 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 24 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-218A
- Epoch
- 2025-10-06 14:55:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.82118205 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.000032
- Inclination
- 97.5978°
- Ascending node
- 139.3186°
- Arg. of perigee
- 49.6464°
- Mean anomaly
- 310.4832°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 167
- B*
- 0.0026795
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−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M54SFairing Separation
- T+6M5SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M30SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M57SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M20SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M46SSES-2
- T+53M47SSECO-2
- T+1H2M38SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
24 catalogued: 24 payloads; 24 still in orbit
- Starlink 35330 · NORAD 65791 · in orbit
- Starlink 35373 · NORAD 65792 · in orbit
- Starlink 35383 · NORAD 65793 · in orbit
- Starlink 35378 · NORAD 65794 · in orbit
- Starlink 35406 · NORAD 65795 · in orbit
- Starlink 35390 · NORAD 65796 · in orbit
- Starlink 35412 · NORAD 65797 · in orbit
- Starlink 35414 · NORAD 65798 · in orbit
- Starlink 35357 · NORAD 65799 · in orbit
- Starlink 35300 · NORAD 65800 · in orbit
- Starlink 35296 · NORAD 65801 · in orbit
- Starlink 34919 · NORAD 65802 · in orbit
Show 12 more payloads
- Starlink 35286 · NORAD 65803 · in orbit
- Starlink 35266 · NORAD 65804 · in orbit
- Starlink 35273 · NORAD 65805 · in orbit
- Starlink 35047 · NORAD 65806 · in orbit
- Starlink 35285 · NORAD 65807 · in orbit
- Starlink 34580 · NORAD 65808 · in orbit
- Starlink 35289 · NORAD 65809 · in orbit
- Starlink 35268 · NORAD 65810 · in orbit
- Starlink 35224 · NORAD 65811 · in orbit
- Starlink 35271 · NORAD 65812 · in orbit
- Starlink 35215 · NORAD 65813 · in orbit
- Starlink 35157 · NORAD 65814 · 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
219th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 45th this year · 833rd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 25, 9:26 PM PDT, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
3 days 10 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/26/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 9/26/2025 · source
Now targeting Sep 26 at 04:26 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/26/2025 · source
Now targeting Sep 26 at 04:17 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/25/2025 · source
Delayed to September 26
Nosu · 9/18/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/15/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 17-11 launch?
Starlink Group 17-11 launched on September 26, 2025 at 04:26 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:57 to 05:57 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 17-11?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 17-11; Watch Live: SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites from California on Falcon 9 rocket; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 17-11?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 17-11 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Sep 25, 9:26 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1082 flew for the 16th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 17-11 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 35330, one of 24 catalogued objects, from October 6, 2025, was 331 × 332 km inclined 97.6°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 17-11 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 17-11 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink