Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-17

Status

Success

Starlink Group 12-17

Launch Time
Sun Apr 13, 2025 00:53 UTC

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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

A Shortfall of Gravitas

B1083

Flight #10

45 day turnaround

448th Falcon recovery attempt

433rd successful Falcon recovery

16th consecutive successful Falcon recovery

90th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 12-17

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 8 normal v2-mini satellites.

Payloads: 21

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

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Stats

2025

76th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

476th mission

42nd mission of 2025

469th successful mission

106th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

460th mission

42nd mission of 2025

456th successful mission

105th consecutive successful mission