SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 17-3
Launched
July 19, 2025 · 03:52 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 17-3 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on July 19, 2025 at 03:52 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:51 to 04:52 UTC. It was SpaceX's 540th launch, 91st this year and humanity's 7,005th orbital launch attempt. It was the 449th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 88th this year. Booster B1082 flew for the 14th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 34723, one of 24 catalogued objects, from July 23, 2025, was 298 × 298 km inclined 97.6°. 24 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1082 · flight 14 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 52 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 17-1 · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 449th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 88th this yearSpaceX's 540th launch91st this yearhumanity's 7,005th orbital launch attempt156th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 34723 · NORAD 64842 · 2025-152 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 24 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-152A
- Epoch
- 2025-07-23 17:04:45 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.94113689 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000458
- Inclination
- 97.5987°
- Ascending node
- 56.2192°
- Arg. of perigee
- 352.7178°
- Mean anomaly
- 7.409°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 73
- B*
- -0.00048735
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+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M55SFairing Separation
- T+6M6SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M29SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M57SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M21SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M43SSES-2
- T+53M45SSECO-2
- T+1H2M35SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
24 catalogued: 24 payloads; 24 still in orbit
- Starlink 34723 · NORAD 64842 · in orbit
- Starlink 34725 · NORAD 64843 · in orbit
- Starlink 34709 · NORAD 64844 · in orbit
- Starlink 34706 · NORAD 64845 · in orbit
- Starlink 34736 · NORAD 64846 · in orbit
- Starlink 34746 · NORAD 64847 · in orbit
- Starlink 34748 · NORAD 64848 · in orbit
- Starlink 34756 · NORAD 64849 · in orbit
- Starlink 34757 · NORAD 64850 · in orbit
- Starlink 34722 · NORAD 64851 · in orbit
- Starlink 34564 · NORAD 64852 · in orbit
- Starlink 34676 · NORAD 64853 · in orbit
Show 12 more payloads
- Starlink 34682 · NORAD 64854 · in orbit
- Starlink 34631 · NORAD 64855 · in orbit
- Starlink 34578 · NORAD 64856 · in orbit
- Starlink 34683 · NORAD 64857 · in orbit
- Starlink 34654 · NORAD 64858 · in orbit
- Starlink 34575 · NORAD 64859 · in orbit
- Starlink 34570 · NORAD 64860 · in orbit
- Starlink 34651 · NORAD 64861 · in orbit
- Starlink 34684 · NORAD 64862 · in orbit
- Starlink 34690 · NORAD 64863 · in orbit
- Starlink 34628 · NORAD 64864 · in orbit
- Starlink 34544 · NORAD 64865 · 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
204th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 30th this year · 818th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jul 18, 8:52 PM PDT, in twilight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
3 days 1 hour after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/19/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 7/19/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/19/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/18/2025 · source
Updating launch window
hitura-nobad · 7/16/2025 · source
Delayed to NET July 19 UTC per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/16/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/8/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 17-3 launch?
Starlink Group 17-3 launched on July 19, 2025 at 03:52 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:51 to 04:52 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 17-3?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 17-3; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-3 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - July 18, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites to polar orbit from California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 17-3?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 17-3 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Jul 18, 8:52 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1082 flew for the 14th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 17-3 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 34723, one of 24 catalogued objects, from July 23, 2025, was 298 × 298 km inclined 97.6°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 17-3 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 17-3 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink