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Starlink Group 12-9

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Starlink Group 12-9

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Falcon 9 Block 5
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Saturday February 8 2025, 19:18:30 UTC
StatusSuccess
VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadSpace Launch Complex 40
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Mission

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Launch Timeline

Countdown

T-00:38:00

GO for Prop Load

T-00:35:00

Stage 1 LOX Load

T-00:35:00

Prop Load

T-00:16:00

Stage 2 LOX Load

T-00:07:00

Engine Chill

T-00:01:00

Startup

T-00:01:00

Tank Press

T-00:00:45

GO for Launch

T-00:00:03

Ignition

In-flight

T+00:00:00

Liftoff

T+00:01:10

Max-Q

T+00:02:24

MECO

T+00:02:27

Stage 2 Separation

T+00:02:35

SES-1

T+00:03:03

Fairing Separation

T+00:06:00

Entry Burn Startup

T+00:06:29

Entry Burn Shutdown

T+00:07:48

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:08:13

Stage 1 Landing

T+00:08:38

SECO-1

T+00:53:58

SES-2

T+00:54:00

SECO-2

T+01:05:07

Starlink Deployment

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadSpace Launch Complex 40
SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
WindowSaturday February 8 2025, 18:23:00 UTC→Saturday February 8 2025, 22:08:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon
Height70 m
Diameter3.7 m
Stages2
ReusableYes
LEO capacity22,800 kg
Track record606/607 successful
Landings593/598
Launch CodexDossier

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

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Reusable Hardware

All boosters →
First Stage · Flight-provenB1078
active17th flight
Flights29
Landings29/29100%
Fastest turn20d 11h
Recovered · ASDS · ASOG· 600 km downrange
39d 13h since last flight

Falcon 9 Block 5 booster first used for the Crew-6 mission.

Acquiring satellite view…
Trajectory unknown
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.562, -80.577
Scrub riskLOW
Go92%
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Weather & scrubLOW risk
Weather Go92%LL2 Go99%Wind4 m/sGusts4 m/sCloud50%Temp27°C

Limiting rule: No flight within 10 nmi of an attached thunderstorm anvil.

HRRR F+0: CAPE 1516 · upper-level wind 30 kt — anvil-producing environment, no live proximity (no satellite cloud-top at this pad)