Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-8

Status

Success

Starlink Group 17-8

Launch Time
Wed Sep 03, 2025 03:51 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

Of Course I Still Love You

B1097

Flight #1

515th Falcon recovery attempt

500th successful Falcon recovery

83rd consecutive successful Falcon recovery

157th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Track Payloads

Starlink Group 17-8

SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second-generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation.

Manufacturer/Operator: SpaceX

Payloads: 24

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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Stats

2025

199th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

553rd mission

113th mission of 2025

541st successful mission

47th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

527th mission

109th mission of 2025

523rd successful mission

172nd consecutive successful mission