Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-13
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Launch Window
Dec. 17, 2025, 3:10 p.m. - Dec. 17, 2025, 7:10 p.m.
Dec. 17, 2025, 3:10 p.m. - Dec. 17, 2025, 7:10 p.m.
Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from California with 27 Starlink v2 mini internet relay satellites. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 7:27 a.m. PST (10:27 a.m. EST / 1527 UTC). The first-stage …
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Launch success.
Liftoff.
Now targeting Dec 17 at 15:27 UTC
Now targeting Dec 17 at 15:22 UTC
Now targeting Dec 17 at 15:16 UTC
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
See DetailsThe Falcon 9 first stage B1063 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 30th flight.
Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Of Course I Still Love You.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 Falcon 9 rocket launching the Starlink 15-13 mission will fly on a south-easterly trajectory upon leaving pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Liftoff is for 7:22 a.m. PST (10:22 a.m. EST / 1522 UTC).
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