SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 17-2
Launched
July 27, 2025 · 04:31 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 17-2 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on July 27, 2025 at 04:31 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:09 to 05:00 UTC. It was SpaceX's 544th launch, 95th this year and humanity's 7,011th orbital launch attempt. It was the 453rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 92nd this year. Booster B1075 flew for the 19th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 34705, one of 24 catalogued objects, from July 30, 2025, was 297 × 298 km inclined 97.6°. 24 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 17-2The Space Devs
- SpaceX Starlink Group 17-2The Space Devs
- Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California with 24 Starlink satellitesSpaceflight Now
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1075 · flight 19 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 64 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 11-16 · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 453rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 92nd this yearSpaceX's 544th launch95th this yearhumanity's 7,011th orbital launch attempt162nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 34705 · NORAD 64932 · 2025-158 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 24 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-158A
- Epoch
- 2025-07-30 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.94245636 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001417
- Inclination
- 97.6°
- Ascending node
- 72.6968°
- Arg. of perigee
- 96.177°
- Mean anomaly
- 114.2791°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 180
- B*
- -0.0044369
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+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M54SFairing Separation
- T+6M10SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M33SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M54SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M23SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M15SSES-2
- T+54M16SSECO-2
- T+1H3M7SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
24 catalogued: 24 payloads; 24 still in orbit
- Starlink 34705 · NORAD 64932 · in orbit
- Starlink 34737 · NORAD 64933 · in orbit
- Starlink 34775 · NORAD 64934 · in orbit
- Starlink 34726 · NORAD 64935 · in orbit
- Starlink 34529 · NORAD 64936 · in orbit
- Starlink 34743 · NORAD 64937 · in orbit
- Starlink 34730 · NORAD 64938 · in orbit
- Starlink 34714 · NORAD 64939 · in orbit
- Starlink 34755 · NORAD 64940 · in orbit
- Starlink 34740 · NORAD 64941 · in orbit
- Starlink 34742 · NORAD 64942 · in orbit
- Starlink 34719 · NORAD 64943 · in orbit
Show 12 more payloads
- Starlink 34373 · NORAD 64944 · in orbit
- Starlink 34758 · NORAD 64945 · in orbit
- Starlink 34753 · NORAD 64946 · in orbit
- Starlink 34747 · NORAD 64947 · in orbit
- Starlink 34630 · NORAD 64948 · in orbit
- Starlink 34689 · NORAD 64949 · in orbit
- Starlink 34586 · NORAD 64950 · in orbit
- Starlink 34738 · NORAD 64951 · in orbit
- Starlink 34744 · NORAD 64952 · in orbit
- Starlink 34701 · NORAD 64953 · in orbit
- Starlink 34761 · NORAD 64954 · in orbit
- Starlink 34732 · NORAD 64955 · 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
206th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 32nd this year · 820th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jul 26, 9:31 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 8 earlier updates
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 7/27/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 7/27/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/27/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/27/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/25/2025 · source
Delayed to NET July 27 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/23/2025 · source
Delayed to NET July 26 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/16/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/11/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 17-2 launch?
Starlink Group 17-2 launched on July 27, 2025 at 04:31 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:09 to 05:00 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 17-2?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 17-2; SpaceX Starlink Group 17-2; Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California with 24 Starlink satellites. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 17-2?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 17-2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Jul 26, 9:31 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1075 flew for the 19th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 17-2 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 34705, one of 24 catalogued objects, from July 30, 2025, was 297 × 298 km inclined 97.6°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 17-2 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 17-2 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink