
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-5
Launch Time
Friday, May 16, 2025 at 01:43 PM UTC
Current Status
Launch Successful
A batch of 26 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Launch Provider
SpaceX
Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9
Launch Designator
2025-102
Launch Date
16 May 2025
Launch Time (Second)
01:43 PM
Launch Window
6 minutes
Launch Status
Launch Successful
Communications
Low Earth Orbit
A batch of 26 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Credit: SpaceX
Window Start
01:43 PM
Liftoff (T-0)
01:43 PM
Window End
01:50 PM
SpaceX
Commercial
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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The Starlink 15-5 will be SpaceX’s 58th Falcon 9 launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4 East at Vandneberg Space Force Base is targeted 6:43 a.m. PDT (9:43 a.m. EDT, 1343 UTC).

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