SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 17-5
Launched
August 18, 2025 · 16:26 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 17-5 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on August 18, 2025 at 16:26 UTC. The launch window ran from 15:44 to 19:44 UTC. It was SpaceX's 552nd launch, 103rd this year and humanity's 7,034th orbital launch attempt. It was the 461st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 100th this year. Booster B1088 flew for the 9th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 34842, one of 24 catalogued objects, from August 22, 2025, was 295 × 297 km inclined 97.6°. 24 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1088 · flight 9 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 50 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 15-7 · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 461st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 100th this yearSpaceX's 552nd launch103rd this yearhumanity's 7,034th orbital launch attempt185th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 34842 · NORAD 65235 · 2025-179 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 24 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-179A
- Epoch
- 2025-08-22 14:00:03 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.94706237 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00016006
- Inclination
- 97.5976°
- Ascending node
- 274.0736°
- Arg. of perigee
- 87.5545°
- Mean anomaly
- 140.8925°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 165
- B*
- -0.0036320293
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+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M55SFairing Separation
- T+6M8SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M31SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M1SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M25SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+53M36SSES-2
- T+53M37SSECO-2
- T+1H2M28SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
24 catalogued: 24 payloads; 24 still in orbit
- Starlink 34842 · NORAD 65235 · in orbit
- Starlink 34938 · NORAD 65236 · in orbit
- Starlink 34958 · NORAD 65237 · in orbit
- Starlink 34818 · NORAD 65238 · in orbit
- Starlink 34964 · NORAD 65239 · in orbit
- Starlink 34953 · NORAD 65240 · in orbit
- Starlink 34969 · NORAD 65241 · in orbit
- Starlink 34963 · NORAD 65242 · in orbit
- Starlink 34982 · NORAD 65243 · in orbit
- Starlink 34990 · NORAD 65244 · in orbit
- Starlink 34977 · NORAD 65245 · in orbit
- Starlink 34959 · NORAD 65246 · in orbit
Show 12 more payloads
- Starlink 34923 · NORAD 65247 · in orbit
- Starlink 34962 · NORAD 65248 · in orbit
- Starlink 34925 · NORAD 65249 · in orbit
- Starlink 34973 · NORAD 65250 · in orbit
- Starlink 34989 · NORAD 65251 · in orbit
- Starlink 34961 · NORAD 65252 · in orbit
- Starlink 34933 · NORAD 65253 · in orbit
- Starlink 34979 · NORAD 65254 · in orbit
- Starlink 34987 · NORAD 65255 · in orbit
- Starlink 34971 · NORAD 65256 · in orbit
- Starlink 34966 · NORAD 65257 · in orbit
- Starlink 34980 · NORAD 65258 · 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
209th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 35th this year · 823rd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Aug 18, 9:26 AM PDT, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
4 days 11 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/18/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 8/18/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/18/2025 · source
Now targeting Aug 18 at 16:23 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/18/2025 · source
Now targeting Aug 18 at 15:44 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/15/2025 · source
Setting GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/14/2025 · source
Delayed to NET August 17.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/14/2025 · source
NET August 16.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/13/2025 · source
Delayed to NET August 15.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/11/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 17-5 launch?
Starlink Group 17-5 launched on August 18, 2025 at 16:26 UTC. The launch window ran from 15:44 to 19:44 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 17-5?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 17-5; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-5 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - August 18, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket from California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 17-5?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 17-5 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Aug 18, 9:26 AM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1088 flew for the 9th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 17-5 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 34842, one of 24 catalogued objects, from August 22, 2025, was 295 × 297 km inclined 97.6°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 17-5 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 17-5 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink