Upcoming launchTO BE DETERMINEDLive

Starlink 15-⁠21

No earlier than Tue 10 NovFalcon 9Vandenberg, California

Watch live

For notifications, your browser asks first. Privacy

Mission controlLaunches in your calendar

Webcast

Start time not announced yet

SpaceX

Plays from X, loaded only when you press play. Privacy

SpaceX

Mission

A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX’s project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9 will launch Starlink 15-⁠21 from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-⁠4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, about 574 km downrange.

Liftoff
No earlier than Tue 10 Nov
Rocket
Falcon 9 Block 5SpaceX
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg, California69th launch from this pad in 202612 days after the last
Latest update
Delayed to NET November 10.

1h1min

Mission duration

7th

Flight of B1103

574km

Downrange landing, OCISLY

125th

SpaceX launch of 2026

Countdown

All times approximateTimeline: The Space Devs

  1. T minus 38 minutesGO for Prop Load
  2. T minus 35 minutesStage 1 LOX Load
  3. T minus 35 minutesProp Load
  4. T minus 16 minutesStage 2 LOX Load
  5. T minus 7 minutesEngine Chill
  6. T minus 1 minuteStartup
  7. T minus 1 minuteTank Press
  8. T minus 45 secondsGO for Launch
  9. T minus 3 secondsIgnition

Flight

From liftoff to orbit

  1. SLC-4E
  2. OCISLY574 km downrange
  3. LiftoffT+00:00:00
  4. Max QT+00:01:08
  5. Stage separationT+00:02:29
  6. FairingT+00:02:58
  7. LandingT+00:08:21
  8. SECOT+00:08:39
  9. Starlink deployT+01:01:55
  1. SLC-4E
  2. OCISLY574 km downrange
  3. LiftoffT+00:00:00
  4. Stage separationT+00:02:29
  5. LandingT+00:08:21
  6. Starlink deployT+01:01:55
  1. SLC-4E
  2. OCISLY574 km downrange
  3. LiftoffT+00:00:00
  4. Max QT+00:01:08
  5. Stage separationT+00:02:29
  6. FairingT+00:02:58
  7. LandingT+00:08:21
  8. Starlink deployT+01:01:55
Schematic, not to scale. Tap a moment for more.Point at a moment for more.

1 h 1 min from liftoff

  1. T plus 0 secondsLiftoff
  2. T plus 1 minute 8 secondsMax Q
  3. T plus 2 minutes 26 secondsMECO
  4. T plus 2 minutes 29 secondsStage 2 Separation
  5. T plus 2 minutes 36 secondsSES-⁠1, 2nd stage
  6. T plus 2 minutes 58 secondsFairing Separation, 2nd stage
  7. T plus 6 minutes 1 secondEntry Burn Startup, 1st stage
  8. T plus 6 minutes 24 secondsEntry Burn Shutdown, 1st stage
  9. T plus 7 minutes 58 secondsStage 1 Landing Burn
  10. T plus 8 minutes 21 secondsStage 1 Landing
  11. T plus 8 minutes 39 secondsSECO-⁠1, 2nd stage
  12. T plus 53 minutes 3 secondsSES-⁠2, 2nd stage
  13. T plus 53 minutes 5 secondsSECO-⁠2, 2nd stage
  14. T plus 1 hour 1 minuteStarlink Deployment, Payload

Falcon 9 Block 5

SpaceXReusable640 launches since May 2018, 639 successful

Drag or use the arrow keys to turn it. Home resets the view.

  • BoosterB1103most recently launched SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A
About Falcon 9 Block 5

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.

70m

Height

3.7m

Diameter

549t

Mass at liftoff

7.6MN

Thrust at liftoff

23t

Payload to low Earth orbit

8.3t

Payload to geostationary transfer orbit

Orbit estimated from CelesTrak’s elementsMeasured trackSpaceX’s predicted path

In orbit now

The crewed stations and Hubble, once around the Earth every 92 to 94 minutes

SpacecraftAltitudeSpeed
ISSDocked: Soyuz MS-⁠29, Crew-⁠13In sunlight430km27,567km/h
TiangongDocked: Shenzhou-⁠23In sunlight387km27,644km/h
HubbleIn Earth’s shadow467km27,499km/h

Estimated for from CelesTrak’s orbital elements, up to 32 h old.

Your browser asks first. Your location stays on this device. Privacy

Up next

All launches