SpaceX

Starlink Group 12-15

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

-

00

HOURS

:

00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Wednesday May 21 2025, 03:19:10 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

Loading map…

Mission

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowWednesday May 21 2025, 03:19:10 UTC→Wednesday May 21 2025, 03:23:49 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

All launches

SpaceX

Starlink Group 12-15

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

-

00

HOURS

:

00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Wednesday May 21 2025, 03:19:10 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go93%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

Loading map…

Mission

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · NewB1095

active1st flight

Flights7

Landings7/7100%

Fastest turn37d 18h

Recovered · ASDS · JRTI· 600 km downrange

Falcon 9 booster debuting on Starlink Group 12-15.

Previous flights · 6

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go93%LL2 Go95%Wind1 m/sGusts3 m/sCloud37%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

max cloud-top 4779 m above freezing 4973 m (99% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowWednesday May 21 2025, 03:19:10 UTC→Wednesday May 21 2025, 03:23:49 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · NewB1095

active1st flight

Flights7

Landings7/7100%

Fastest turn37d 18h

Recovered · ASDS · JRTI· 600 km downrange

Falcon 9 booster debuting on Starlink Group 12-15.

Previous flights · 6

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

Scrub riskLOW

Go93%

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go93%LL2 Go95%Wind1 m/sGusts3 m/sCloud37%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

max cloud-top 4779 m above freezing 4973 m (99% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus