SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Transporter 14 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Launched
June 23, 2025 · 21:25 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Transporter 14 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on June 23, 2025 at 21:25 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:18 to 22:15 UTC. It was SpaceX's 529th launch, 80th this year and humanity's 6,988th orbital launch attempt. It was the 438th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 77th this year. Booster B1071 flew for the 26th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). The tracked orbit of Good Ancestor Kilakila, one of 70 catalogued objects, from July 17, 2025, was 519 × 525 km inclined 97.4°. 70 objects from this launch are catalogued, 69 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1071 · flight 26 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 23 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 11-18 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 438th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 77th this yearSpaceX's 529th launch80th this yearhumanity's 6,988th orbital launch attempt139th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Good Ancestor Kilakila · NORAD 64528 · 2025-135 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 70 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-135A
- Epoch
- 2025-07-17 06:54:20 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.16909095 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0004264
- Inclination
- 97.4398°
- Ascending node
- 312.3947°
- Arg. of perigee
- 273.2719°
- Mean anomaly
- 86.8026°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 399
- B*
- 0.00027187
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
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+2M29SMECO
- T+2M32SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M40SSES-1
- T+3M12SFairing Separation
- T+6M14SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+6M39SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8MStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M24SSECO-1
- T+8M29SStage 1 Landing
- T+51M3SSES-2
- T+51M7SSECO-2
- T+54M35SPayload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+1H4M10SPayload Deployment Sequence End
- T+1H41M40SSES-3
- T+1H41M41SSECO-3
- T+2H12M37SSES-4
- T+2H12M38SSECO-4
- T+2H16M4SPayload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+2H25M58SPayload Deployment Sequence End
- T+2H40M13SSES-5
- T+2H40M18SSECO-5
- T+2H43M50SPayload Separation
Catalogued objects
70 catalogued: 69 payloads, 1 component; 67 still in orbit
- Good Ancestor Kilakila · NORAD 64528 · in orbit
- Pierre · NORAD 64529 · in orbit
- DUTHSat-2 · NORAD 64530 · in orbit
- Te Punaha Atea-1 · NORAD 64533 · in orbit
- Connecta IOT-9 · NORAD 64534 · in orbit
- UND ROADS 1 · NORAD 64535 · in orbit
- WISESAT-3 · NORAD 64536 · in orbit
- Otter Pup 2 · NORAD 64537 · in orbit
- Startical IOD-2 · NORAD 64538 · in orbit
- Elara 1 · NORAD 64539 · in orbit
- ARCSTONE · NORAD 64540 · in orbit
- Pulsar IOV · NORAD 64541 · in orbit
Show 57 more payloads
- York T1DES · NORAD 64542 · in orbit
- W-4 · NORAD 64543 · re-entered June 4, 2026
- SkyBee-AO2 · NORAD 64544 · in orbit
- ION Passionate Paula · NORAD 64545 · in orbit
- ForgeStar-1 · NORAD 64546 · in orbit
- Valmay · NORAD 64548 · in orbit
- UND ROADS 2 · NORAD 64549 · in orbit
- BRO-18 · NORAD 64550 · in orbit
- SATMAR · NORAD 64551 · in orbit
- Hyperfield-1B · NORAD 64552 · in orbit
- Connecta IOT-12 · NORAD 64553 · in orbit
- Connecta IOT-10 · NORAD 64555 · in orbit
- Connecta IOT-11 · NORAD 64557 · in orbit
- Quick3 · NORAD 64558 · in orbit
- PADRE · NORAD 64559 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 Krish · NORAD 64561 · in orbit
- Lilo · NORAD 64562 · in orbit
- AE3Va · NORAD 64563 · in orbit
- Time Flies · NORAD 64564 · in orbit
- Shaggy · NORAD 64565 · in orbit
- ARVAKER 3 · NORAD 64566 · in orbit
- ARVAKER 2 · NORAD 64567 · in orbit
- IRIDE-MS2-HEO-3 · NORAD 64568 · in orbit
- IRIDE-MS2-HEO-2 · NORAD 64569 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X54 · NORAD 64570 · in orbit
- IRIDE-MS2-HEO-5 · NORAD 64571 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X52 · NORAD 64572 · in orbit
- VanZyl-2 · NORAD 64573 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X56 · NORAD 64574 · in orbit
- ION Charismatic Carlus · NORAD 64575 · in orbit
- IRIDE-MS2-HEO-6 · NORAD 64576 · in orbit
- Lyra-3 · NORAD 64577 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X57 · NORAD 64578 · in orbit
- GRUS-3 Alpha · NORAD 64579 · in orbit
- EDC-01 · NORAD 64580 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X55 · NORAD 64581 · in orbit
- IRIDE-MS2-HEO-4 · NORAD 64582 · in orbit
- Capella 17 · NORAD 64583 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X53 · NORAD 64584 · in orbit
- IRIDE-MS2-HEO-9 · NORAD 64585 · in orbit
- Sejong-2 · NORAD 64586 · in orbit
- IRIDE-MS2-HEO-8 · NORAD 64587 · in orbit
- BIFROST · NORAD 64588 · in orbit
- Satoro-T3 · NORAD 64589 · in orbit
- AE2a · NORAD 64591 · in orbit
- Stitch · NORAD 64592 · in orbit
- Scooby · NORAD 64840 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 KarenDarrell · NORAD 64841 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 Lucille-Rose · NORAD 65403 · in orbit
- W-4 Reentry Vehicle · NORAD 69093 · re-entered June 1, 2026
- HORIS-1 · in orbit
- RIDU-Sat 1 · in orbit
- JACK-001 · in orbit
- HORIS-2 · in orbit
- MOBIUS-1 · in orbit
- ADDCUBE · in orbit
- PARUS-T2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
News
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
201st launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 27th this year · 815th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jun 23, 2:25 PM PDT, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
6 days 17 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
All payload deployment completed.
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/23/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/23/2025 · source
Now targeting Jun 23 at 21:18 UTC
hitura-nobad · 6/22/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/21/2025 · source
NET June 21 per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/20/2025 · source
NET June 20.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/12/2025 · source
NET June 21.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/10/2025 · source
Changed launch site.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/1/2025 · source
Questions
When did Transporter 14 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch?
Transporter 14 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launched on June 23, 2025 at 21:25 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:18 to 22:15 UTC.
Where can I watch Transporter 14 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)?
Coverage: SpaceX Transporter 14 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare); SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Transporter 14 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - June 23, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Transporter-14 rideshare from Vandenberg, California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Transporter 14 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Transporter 14 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Jun 23, 2:25 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1071 flew for the 26th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Transporter 14 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) reach?
The tracked orbit of Good Ancestor Kilakila, one of 70 catalogued objects, from July 17, 2025, was 519 × 525 km inclined 97.4°.
How many satellites did Transporter 14 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch?
69 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 67 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).