Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-16

Status

Success

Starlink Group 12-16

Launch Time
Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:35 UTC

SpaceX's fastest pad turnaround as of liftoff at 2 days, 8 hours, 59 minutes, and 30 seconds, beating the previous record by around 7 hours.

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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Image Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX

Status: Active

Price: $69.75 million

Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN

Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg

Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 70.0 m

Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m

Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Details

Vehicles

Just Read the Instructions

B1078

Flight #18

35 day turnaround

437th Falcon recovery attempt

422nd successful Falcon recovery

5th consecutive successful Falcon recovery

79th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 12-16

SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation. Includes a mix of 13 Direct to Cell and 10 normal v2-mini satellites.

Payloads: 23

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2025

53rd orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

465th mission

31st mission of 2025

458th successful mission

95th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

449th mission

31st mission of 2025

445th successful mission

94th consecutive successful mission