SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 17-7
Launched
August 30, 2025 · 04:59 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 17-7 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on August 30, 2025 at 04:59 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:05 to 06:05 UTC. It was SpaceX's 560th launch, 111th this year and humanity's 7,046th orbital launch attempt. It was the 468th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 107th this year. Booster B1082 flew for the 15th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 34985, one of 24 catalogued objects, from September 5, 2025, was 322 × 324 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 15 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 42 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 17-3 · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 468th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 107th this yearSpaceX's 560th launch111th this yearhumanity's 7,046th orbital launch attempt197th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 34985 · NORAD 65379 · 2025-191 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 24 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-34985
- Object ID
- 2025-191A
- Epoch
- 2025-09-05 22:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.85244478 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00014917
- Inclination
- 97.5969°
- Ascending node
- 116.5922°
- Arg. of perigee
- 80.8303°
- Mean anomaly
- 25.7326°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 229
- B*
- -0.0073259437
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+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 34985 · NORAD 65379 · in orbit
- Starlink 35051 · NORAD 65380 · in orbit
- Starlink 35028 · NORAD 65381 · in orbit
- Starlink 35032 · NORAD 65382 · in orbit
- Starlink 35054 · NORAD 65383 · in orbit
- Starlink 35012 · NORAD 65384 · in orbit
- Starlink 35073 · NORAD 65385 · in orbit
- Starlink 35066 · NORAD 65386 · in orbit
- Starlink 34703 · NORAD 65387 · in orbit
- Starlink 34957 · NORAD 65388 · in orbit
- Starlink 34993 · NORAD 65389 · in orbit
- Starlink 35083 · NORAD 65390 · in orbit
Show 12 more payloads
- Starlink 34786 · NORAD 65391 · in orbit
- Starlink 35082 · NORAD 65392 · in orbit
- Starlink 35097 · NORAD 65393 · in orbit
- Starlink 35058 · NORAD 65394 · in orbit
- Starlink 35094 · NORAD 65395 · in orbit
- Starlink 34811 · NORAD 65396 · in orbit
- Starlink 34940 · NORAD 65397 · in orbit
- Starlink 34931 · NORAD 65398 · in orbit
- Starlink 34836 · NORAD 65399 · in orbit
- Starlink 34876 · NORAD 65400 · in orbit
- Starlink 34909 · NORAD 65401 · in orbit
- Starlink 34848 · NORAD 65402 · 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
212th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 38th this year · 826th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Aug 29, 9:59 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 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/30/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 8/30/2025 · source
Now targeting Aug 30 at 04:59 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/30/2025 · source
Now targeting Aug 30 at 03:08 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/29/2025 · source
Setting GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/20/2025 · source
NET August 30.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/16/2025 · source
Setting GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/15/2025 · source
NET August 25.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/14/2025 · source
NET August 22 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/12/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 17-7 launch?
Starlink Group 17-7 launched on August 30, 2025 at 04:59 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:05 to 06:05 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 17-7?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 17-7; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-7 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - August 30, 2025; Live: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from California on Starlink 17-7 mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 17-7?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 17-7 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Aug 29, 9:59 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1082 flew for the 15th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 17-7 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 34985, one of 24 catalogued objects, from September 5, 2025, was 322 × 324 km inclined 97.6°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 17-7 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 17-7 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink