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Starlink Group 15-12

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Falcon 9 Block 5

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Sunday December 14 2025, 05:49:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

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Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.632, -120.611

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Mission

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

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1093

active9th flight

Flights17

Landings17/17100%

Fastest turn21d 22h

Recovered · ASDS · OCISLY· 574 km downrange

37d 8h since last flight

Falcon 9 booster debuting on Starlink Group 11-11.

Previous flights · 16

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%Wind8 m/sGusts10 m/sCloud64%Temp16°C

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

max cloud-top 6175 m above freezing 3580 m (74% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · max-top 6175 m, mean 5039 m, 74% cover, freezing 3580 m · 7.1 ≥ 6 ft significant wave height

Launch Timeline

In-flight

T+00:01:12

Max-Q

T+00:02:26

MECO

T+00:02:29

Stage 2 Separation

T+00:02:36

SES-1

T+00:02:54

Fairing Separation

T+00:06:10

Entry Burn Startup

T+00:06:33

Entry Burn Shutdown

T+00:08:02

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:08:25

Stage 1 Landing

T+00:08:39

SECO-1

T+00:54:15

SES-2

T+00:54:17

SECO-2

T+01:03:08

Starlink Deployment

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

SiteVandenberg SFB, CA, USA

WindowSunday December 14 2025, 05:20:00 UTC→Sunday December 14 2025, 09:20:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598