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Starlink Group 15-16

Falcon 9 Block 5

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MINUTES

SECONDS

Saturday October 24 2026, 05:29:00 UTC

StatusGo

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-provenB1082

active26th flight

Flights25

Landings25/25100%

Fastest turn25d

Targeting ASDS · OCISLY· 574 km downrange

22d 10h since last flight

Falcon 9 Block 5 booster.

Previous flights · 25

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%Wind3 m/sGusts4 m/sCloud21%Temp14°C

Limiting rule: Vehicle-load wind shear — vector wind change per meter of altitude in the max-Q regime. Flagged when shear exceeds typical Falcon 9 / Atlas V structural margin. (max at 18,310 ft)

0.0 ≥ 0.025 /s shear (1 km window, 1.5–55 kft band)

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

Tank Press

T-00:01:00

Startup

T-00:00:45

GO for Launch

T-00:00:03

Ignition

In-flight

T+00:00:00

Liftoff

T+00:01:08

Max-Q

T+00:02:26

MECO

T+00:02:30

Stage 2 Separation

T+00:02:36

SES-1

T+00:02:56

Fairing Separation

T+00:06:04

Entry Burn Startup

T+00:06:26

Entry Burn Shutdown

T+00:08:01

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:08:23

Stage 1 Landing

T+00:08:39

SECO-1

T+00:53:01

SES-2

T+00:53:03

SECO-2

T+01:01:53

Starlink Deployment

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

SiteVandenberg SFB, CA, USA

WindowSaturday October 24 2026, 05:29:00 UTC→Saturday October 24 2026, 09:29:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record638/639 successful

Landings624/629