SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 17-20
Launched
January 25, 2026 · 17:30 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 17-20 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on January 25, 2026 at 17:30 UTC. The launch window ran from 15:17 to 19:17 UTC. It was SpaceX's 629th launch, 10th this year and humanity's 7,192nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 536th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 10th this year. Booster B1097 flew for the 6th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 36621, one of 25 catalogued objects, from January 30, 2026, was 276 × 277 km inclined 97.3°. 25 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 17-20The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from California with 25 Starlink Internet satellitesSpaceflight Now
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1097 · flight 6 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 14 days after its previous flight, Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 536th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 10th this yearSpaceX's 629th launch10th this yearhumanity's 7,192nd orbital launch attempt19th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 36621 · NORAD 67561 · 2026-016 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 25 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-36621
- Object ID
- 2026-016A
- Epoch
- 2026-01-30 16:36:14 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.01900814 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000869
- Inclination
- 97.2833°
- Ascending node
- 89.028°
- Arg. of perigee
- 36.4682°
- Mean anomaly
- 323.6657°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 80
- B*
- -0.00068838613
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Flight timeline
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M24SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M55SFairing Separation
- T+6M7SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M33SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M57SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M21SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M11SSES-2
- T+53M12SSECO-2
- T+1H2M3SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
25 catalogued: 25 payloads; 25 still in orbit
- Starlink 36621 · NORAD 67561 · in orbit
- Starlink 36398 · NORAD 67562 · in orbit
- Starlink 36403 · NORAD 67563 · in orbit
- Starlink 36593 · NORAD 67564 · in orbit
- Starlink 35725 · NORAD 67565 · in orbit
- Starlink 36394 · NORAD 67566 · in orbit
- Starlink 36352 · NORAD 67567 · in orbit
- Starlink 36435 · NORAD 67568 · in orbit
- Starlink 36575 · NORAD 67569 · in orbit
- Starlink 36562 · NORAD 67570 · in orbit
- Starlink 36578 · NORAD 67571 · in orbit
- Starlink 36350 · NORAD 67572 · in orbit
Show 13 more payloads
- Starlink 36588 · NORAD 67573 · in orbit
- Starlink 36594 · NORAD 67574 · in orbit
- Starlink 36400 · NORAD 67575 · in orbit
- Starlink 36591 · NORAD 67576 · in orbit
- Starlink 36590 · NORAD 67577 · in orbit
- Starlink 36613 · NORAD 67578 · in orbit
- Starlink 36571 · NORAD 67579 · in orbit
- Starlink 36612 · NORAD 67580 · in orbit
- Starlink 36632 · NORAD 67581 · in orbit
- Starlink 36609 · NORAD 67582 · in orbit
- Starlink 36577 · NORAD 67583 · in orbit
- Starlink 36419 · NORAD 67584 · in orbit
- Starlink 36560 · NORAD 67585 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
243rd launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 5th this year · 857th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 25, 9:30 AM PST, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
3 days 11 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/25/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/25/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 25 at 17:30 UTC
hitura-nobad · 1/25/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 25 at 16:44 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/25/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 25 at 15:38 UTC
hitura-nobad · 1/24/2026 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/14/2026 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/13/2026 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 17-20 launch?
Starlink Group 17-20 launched on January 25, 2026 at 17:30 UTC. The launch window ran from 15:17 to 19:17 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 17-20?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 17-20; Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from California with 25 Starlink Internet satellites; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 17-20?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 17-20 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Jan 25, 9:30 AM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1097 flew for the 6th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 17-20 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 36621, one of 25 catalogued objects, from January 30, 2026, was 276 × 277 km inclined 97.3°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 17-20 launch?
25 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 25 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 17-20 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink