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Starlink 15-⁠24

Falcon 9Vandenberg, California

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Mission

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

Falcon 9 launched Starlink 15-⁠24 from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-⁠4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This was the 19th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, B1088, which previously launched USSF-⁠366. After stage separation, the first stage landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship.

Launched
07:26 PDT at the pad
Rocket
Falcon 9 Block 5SpaceX
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg, California57th launch from this pad in 20264 days after the last
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Launch success.

1h2min

Mission duration

19th

Flight of B1088

574km

Downrange landing, OCISLY

107th

SpaceX launch of 2026

Countdown

All times approximate, in your time zone (CEST)Timeline: The Space Devs

  1. T−00:38:00GO for Prop Load
  2. T−00:35:00Stage 1 LOX Load1st stage
  3. T−00:35:00Prop Load
  4. T−00:16:00Stage 2 LOX Load2nd stage
  5. T−00:07:00Engine Chill
  6. T−00:01:00Startup
  7. T−00:01:00Tank Press
  8. T−00:00:45GO for Launch
  9. T−00:00:03Ignition

Mission profile

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+00:02:57
  7. LandingT+00:08:21
  8. SECOT+00:08:38
  9. Starlink deployT+01:02:01
  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+01:02:01
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Flight

All times approximate, in your time zone (CEST)Timeline: The Space Devs

  1. T+00:00:00Liftoff
  2. T+00:01:08Max-⁠Q
  3. T+00:02:25MECO
  4. T+00:02:29Stage 2 Separation
  5. T+00:02:36SES-⁠12nd stage
  6. T+00:02:57Fairing Separation2nd stage
  7. T+00:06:01Entry Burn Startup1st stage
  8. T+00:06:25Entry Burn Shutdown1st stage
  9. T+00:07:59Stage 1 Landing Burn1st stage
  10. T+00:08:21Stage 1 Landing1st stage
  11. T+00:08:38SECO-⁠12nd stage
  12. T+00:53:09SES-⁠22nd stage
  13. T+00:53:10SECO-⁠22nd stage
  14. T+01:02:01Starlink DeploymentPayload

Falcon 9 Block 5

SpaceXReusable634 launches since May 2018, 633 successful

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  • BoosterB108819th flightpreviously USSF-⁠366Landed on Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY)
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

7,607kN

Thrust at liftoff

23t

Payload to low Earth orbit

8.3t

Payload to geostationary transfer orbit

In orbit now

The crewed stations, Hubble and Starlink 31-⁠1, once around the Earth every 90 to 94 minutes

SpacecraftAltitudeSpeed
ISSDocked: Crew-⁠12, Soyuz MS-⁠29In Earth’s shadow436km27,545km/h
TiangongDocked: Shenzhou-⁠23In Earth’s shadow389km27,642km/h
HubbleIn Earth’s shadow475km27,470km/h
Starlink 31-⁠126 satellites from Starship Flight 14, launched 2 days ago; numbers for the first in lineIn sunlight267km27,898km/h

Estimated for from CelesTrak’s orbital elements, Starlink 31-⁠1’s fitted to SpaceX’s own data, up to 17 h old.

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