SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 17-6
Launched
August 22, 2025 · 17:04 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 17-6 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on August 22, 2025 at 17:04 UTC. The launch window ran from 15:44 to 19:44 UTC. It was SpaceX's 554th launch, 105th this year and humanity's 7,039th orbital launch attempt. It was the 463rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 102nd this year. Booster B1081 flew for the 17th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 34922, one of 24 catalogued objects, from August 27, 2025, was 306 × 308 km inclined 97.6°. 24 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 463rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 102nd this yearSpaceX's 554th launch105th this yearhumanity's 7,039th orbital launch attempt190th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 34922 · NORAD 65273 · 2025-184 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 24 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-184A
- Epoch
- 2025-08-27 14:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.90879756 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001181
- Inclination
- 97.5957°
- Ascending node
- 288.5443°
- Arg. of perigee
- 84.3563°
- Mean anomaly
- 320.5394°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 192
- B*
- -0.0057987
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+2M55SFairing Separation
- T+6M7SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M29SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M57SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M20SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M44SSES-2
- T+53M45SSECO-2
- T+1H2M36SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
24 catalogued: 24 payloads; 24 still in orbit
- Starlink 34922 · NORAD 65273 · in orbit
- Starlink 34904 · NORAD 65274 · in orbit
- Starlink 34954 · NORAD 65275 · in orbit
- Starlink 34968 · NORAD 65276 · in orbit
- Starlink 34935 · NORAD 65277 · in orbit
- Starlink 35000 · NORAD 65278 · in orbit
- Starlink 35023 · NORAD 65279 · in orbit
- Starlink 35001 · NORAD 65280 · in orbit
- Starlink 35010 · NORAD 65281 · in orbit
- Starlink 35021 · NORAD 65282 · in orbit
- Starlink 35015 · NORAD 65283 · in orbit
- Starlink 35006 · NORAD 65284 · in orbit
Show 12 more payloads
- Starlink 34995 · NORAD 65285 · in orbit
- Starlink 35048 · NORAD 65286 · in orbit
- Starlink 35007 · NORAD 65287 · in orbit
- Starlink 35018 · NORAD 65288 · in orbit
- Starlink 34845 · NORAD 65289 · in orbit
- Starlink 34984 · NORAD 65290 · in orbit
- Starlink 35002 · NORAD 65291 · in orbit
- Starlink 35017 · NORAD 65292 · in orbit
- Starlink 34951 · NORAD 65293 · in orbit
- Starlink 34613 · NORAD 65294 · in orbit
- Starlink 34834 · NORAD 65295 · in orbit
- Starlink 34872 · NORAD 65296 · 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
210th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 36th this year · 824th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Aug 22, 10:04 AM PDT, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
4 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/22/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 8/22/2025 · source
Now targeting Aug 22 at 17:04 UTC
hitura-nobad · 8/22/2025 · source
Now targeting Aug 22 at 17:02 UTC
Nosu · 8/21/2025 · source
Now targeting Aug 22 at 15:44 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/16/2025 · source
Setting GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/14/2025 · source
NET August 21.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/14/2025 · source
NET August 20.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/13/2025 · source
Delayed to NET August 19.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/11/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 17-6 launch?
Starlink Group 17-6 launched on August 22, 2025 at 17:04 UTC. The launch window ran from 15:44 to 19:44 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 17-6?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 17-6; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-6 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - August 22, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from California with 24 Starlink satellites. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 17-6?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 17-6 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Aug 22, 10:04 AM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1081 flew for the 17th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 17-6 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 34922, one of 24 catalogued objects, from August 27, 2025, was 306 × 308 km inclined 97.6°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 17-6 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 17-6 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink