Launch Details

Space launch mission information

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-8

Launch Successful
3 days ago • 9/3/2025, 2:33:00 AM
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-8

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Launch Site

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Launch Probability

%

Mission Description

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Launch Videos

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-8 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - September 3, 2025

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-8 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - September 3, 2025

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-8 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - September 3, 2025

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Starlink Mission

Starlink Mission

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Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.

Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.

SpaceX Starlink Group 17-8

SpaceX Starlink Group 17-8

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Mission Updates

Cosmic_Penguin

Cosmic_Penguin

8/26/2025, 4:04:00 PM

Added launch.

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Cosmic_Penguin

Cosmic_Penguin

8/29/2025, 2:28:00 AM

GO for launch.

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Cosmic_Penguin

Cosmic_Penguin

9/2/2025, 4:50:00 AM

Now targeting Sep 03 at 03:13 UTC

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Nosu

Nosu

9/2/2025, 7:26:00 AM

Now targeting Sep 03 at 03:21 UTC

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Cosmic_Penguin

Cosmic_Penguin

9/2/2025, 5:01:00 PM

Now targeting Sep 03 at 03:51 UTC

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LL2

LL2

9/3/2025, 3:44:00 AM

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

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Cosmic_Penguin

Cosmic_Penguin

9/3/2025, 3:52:00 AM

Liftoff.

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Cosmic_Penguin

Cosmic_Penguin

9/3/2025, 5:02:00 AM

Launch success.

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Launch Details

Launch Window

9/3/2025, 2:33:00 AM

to 9/3/2025, 6:33:00 AM

Rocket Details

Falcon 9 Block 5

Family: Falcon

Variant: Block 5

Launch Facility

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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