SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Transporter 15 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Launched
November 28, 2025 · 18:44 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Transporter 15 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on November 28, 2025 at 18:44 UTC. The launch window ran from 18:18 to 19:15 UTC. It was SpaceX's 606th launch, 157th this year and humanity's 7,132nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 513th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 152nd this year. Booster B1071 flew for the 30th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). The tracked orbit of Formosat-8A, one of 124 catalogued objects, from December 18, 2025, was 571 × 576 km inclined 97.7°. 124 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1071 · flight 30 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 51 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 11-17 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 513th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 152nd this yearSpaceX's 606th launch157th this yearhumanity's 7,132nd orbital launch attempt283rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Formosat-8A · NORAD 66666 · 2025-276 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 124 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-276A
- Epoch
- 2025-12-18 03:56:06 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.00316866 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00035286
- Inclination
- 97.6577°
- Ascending node
- 64.031°
- Arg. of perigee
- 208.8559°
- Mean anomaly
- 151.247°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 290
- B*
- 0.00018696199
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−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp 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+2M30SMECO
- T+2M32SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M40SSES-1
- T+3M24SFairing Separation
- T+6M7SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+6M33SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M2SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M21SSECO-1
- T+8M26SStage 1 Landing
- T+51M3SSES-2
- T+51M7SSECO-2
- T+54M39SPayload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+1H25M35SPayload Deployment Sequence End
- T+1H45M47SSES-3
- T+1H45M47SSECO-3
- T+2H15M41SSES-4
- T+2H15M41SSECO-4
- T+2H19M56SPayload Separation
- T+2H39M29SSES-5
- T+2H39M37SSECO-5
- T+2H43M10SPayload Separation
Catalogued objects
124 catalogued: 124 payloads; 123 still in orbit
- Formosat-8A · NORAD 66666 · in orbit
- Pelican 5 · NORAD 66667 · in orbit
- Sari 1 · NORAD 66668 · in orbit
- Sari 2 · NORAD 66669 · in orbit
- Hunity · NORAD 66670 · in orbit
- ANISCSAT · NORAD 66671 · in orbit
- BRO-17 · NORAD 66672 · in orbit
- Phasma-Lamarr · NORAD 66673 · in orbit
- BRO-20 · NORAD 66674 · in orbit
- Veery-0G · NORAD 66675 · in orbit
- AE5RC · NORAD 66677 · in orbit
- Otter SDM · NORAD 66678 · in orbit
Show 112 more payloads
- Lilium 2 · NORAD 66679 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 DeanAndMeave · NORAD 66680 · in orbit
- Phasma-Dirac · NORAD 66681 · in orbit
- ION Galactic Georgius · NORAD 66682 · in orbit
- 6GStarLab · NORAD 66683 · in orbit
- MICE-1 · NORAD 66684 · in orbit
- AE5RA · NORAD 66685 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 Stas-Gorbuk · NORAD 66686 · in orbit
- WISDOM A · NORAD 66688 · in orbit
- AC1-003 · NORAD 66689 · in orbit
- Yvonne Brill · NORAD 66692 · in orbit
- AE5RB · NORAD 66693 · in orbit
- YAM-9 · NORAD 66694 · in orbit
- IRIDE-MS1-Eaglet-2-1 · NORAD 66695 · in orbit
- IRIDE-MS1-Eaglet-2-2 · NORAD 66696 · in orbit
- IRIDE-MS1-Eaglet-2-3 · NORAD 66697 · in orbit
- IRIDE-MS1-Eaglet-2-4 · NORAD 66698 · in orbit
- IRIDE-MS1-Eaglet-2-5 · NORAD 66699 · in orbit
- IRIDE-MS1-Eaglet-2-6 · NORAD 66700 · in orbit
- IRIDE-MS1-Eaglet-2-7 · NORAD 66701 · in orbit
- IRIDE-MS1-Eaglet-2-8 · NORAD 66702 · in orbit
- Pelican 6 · NORAD 66703 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-1 · NORAD 66704 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-2 · NORAD 66705 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-3 · NORAD 66706 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-4 · NORAD 66707 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-5 · NORAD 66708 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-6 · NORAD 66709 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-7 · NORAD 66710 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-8 · NORAD 66711 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-9 · NORAD 66712 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-10 · NORAD 66713 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-11 · NORAD 66714 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-12 · NORAD 66715 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-13 · NORAD 66716 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-14 · NORAD 66717 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-15 · NORAD 66718 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-16 · NORAD 66719 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-17 · NORAD 66720 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-18 · NORAD 66721 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-19 · NORAD 66722 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-20 · NORAD 66723 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-21 · NORAD 66724 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-22 · NORAD 66725 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-23 · NORAD 66726 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-24 · NORAD 66727 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-25 · NORAD 66728 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-26 · NORAD 66729 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-27 · NORAD 66730 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-28 · NORAD 66731 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-29 · NORAD 66732 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-30 · NORAD 66733 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-31 · NORAD 66734 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-32 · NORAD 66735 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-33 · NORAD 66736 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-34 · NORAD 66737 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-35 · NORAD 66738 · in orbit
- Flock 4h-36 · NORAD 66739 · in orbit
- Beatrice Tinsley · NORAD 66740 · in orbit
- Black Kite 1 · NORAD 66741 · in orbit
- Mercury One · NORAD 66742 · in orbit
- Melina Furman · NORAD 66743 · in orbit
- AC1-001 · NORAD 66744 · in orbit
- AC1-002 · NORAD 66745 · in orbit
- W-5 · NORAD 66747 · deorbited January 29, 2026
- Umbra-11 · NORAD 66748 · in orbit
- PIAST-S1 · NORAD 66749 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X58 · NORAD 66751 · in orbit
- ICEYE SAR-1 · NORAD 66752 · in orbit
- ICEYE SAR-2 · NORAD 66753 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X61 · NORAD 66754 · in orbit
- POLSARIS-01 · NORAD 66755 · in orbit
- MAUVE · NORAD 66756 · in orbit
- PIAST-S2 · NORAD 66757 · in orbit
- PIAST-M · NORAD 66758 · in orbit
- HydroGNSS-1 · NORAD 66762 · in orbit
- HydroGNSS-2 · NORAD 66763 · in orbit
- Nahla · NORAD 66764 · in orbit
- Bellbird-1 · NORAD 66766 · in orbit
- Accenture-1 · NORAD 66767 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 Teodor · NORAD 66768 · in orbit
- Speqtre · NORAD 66769 · in orbit
- Lilium 3 · NORAD 66770 · in orbit
- Gyeonggisat-1 · NORAD 66771 · in orbit
- IHI-SAT-2 · NORAD 66772 · in orbit
- Gena-OT-1 · NORAD 66774 · in orbit
- PHI-1 · NORAD 66775 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 Laila · NORAD 66776 · in orbit
- Luna-1 · NORAD 66777 · in orbit
- Foresail-1 Prime · NORAD 66778 · in orbit
- WISESAT-5 · NORAD 66779 · in orbit
- WISESAT-7 · NORAD 66780 · in orbit
- Lemur-2-Celijo-SB-PK · NORAD 66781 · in orbit
- Lemur-2-Finnian · NORAD 66782 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 Starlight · NORAD 66783 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 Tartiflette · NORAD 66784 · in orbit
- Lemur-2-Vukasin · NORAD 66785 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 Hotspur-Tom · NORAD 66786 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 Myra · NORAD 66787 · in orbit
- WISESAT-6 · NORAD 66788 · in orbit
- ION Stellar Stephanus · NORAD 67483 · in orbit
- HCT-SAT2 · in orbit
- LEO Express 3 · in orbit
- SPiN 2 · in orbit
- TRYAD 1 · in orbit
- CTC-1B · in orbit
- CTC-1C · in orbit
- TORO2 · in orbit
- PW-6U · in orbit
- TRYAD 2 · in orbit
- WISDOM B · in orbit
- CTC-1A · 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
232nd launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 58th this year · 846th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 28, 10:44 AM PST, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
5 days 9 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success with all payloads deployed.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/28/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 11/28/2025 · source
Now targeting Nov 28 at 18:44 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/28/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/26/2025 · source
Rescheduled for November 28.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/26/2025 · source
Launch countdown holded. For F9 this is a scrub for the day. New Date TBA.
hitura-nobad · 11/26/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 11/26/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/26/2025 · source
Launch time is to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/25/2025 · source
Questions
When did Transporter 15 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch?
Transporter 15 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launched on November 28, 2025 at 18:44 UTC. The launch window ran from 18:18 to 19:15 UTC.
Where can I watch Transporter 15 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)?
Coverage: SpaceX Transporter 15 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare); Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Transporter 15 rideshare mission; Transporter-15 Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Transporter 15 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Transporter 15 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Nov 28, 10:44 AM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1071 flew for the 30th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Transporter 15 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) reach?
The tracked orbit of Formosat-8A, one of 124 catalogued objects, from December 18, 2025, was 571 × 576 km inclined 97.7°.
How many satellites did Transporter 15 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch?
124 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 123 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).