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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-20

SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

  • SpaceX's 721st launch
  • 206th consecutive success
  • 292nd flight from Space Launch Complex 4E
  • 9th flight of booster B1100
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-20

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Stream announced · starts near liftoff

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Broadcast links from Launch Library 2. The player is YouTube’s privacy-enhanced embed, which sets nothing until you press play. Some broadcasters switch embedding off for their own streams — if the player will not start, the link above opens it on YouTube.

Flight Plan

23 milestones · Launch Library 2

Every milestone the provider published for this flight.

  1. T-38:00GO for Prop LoadLaunch director verifies go for propellant load
  2. T-35:00Stage 1 LOX LoadStart of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
  3. T-35:00Prop LoadStart of propelland loading
  4. T-16:00Stage 2 LOX LoadStart of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
  5. T-7:00Engine ChillStart of engine chilling
  6. T-1:00Tank PressFuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels
  7. T-1:00StartupThe onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
  8. T-0:45GO for LaunchLaunch director verifies go for launch
  9. T-0:03IgnitionStart of the engine ignition sequence
  10. T+0:00LiftoffFirst upwards movement of the rocket
  11. T+1:07Max-QMaximum dynamic pressure
  12. T+2:25MECOCut-off of the main engine
  13. T+2:29Stage 2 SeparationSeparation of the second stage from the first
  14. T+2:35SES-1First start of the second engine
  15. T+2:56Fairing SeparationSeparation of the payload fairing
  16. T+6:01Entry Burn StartupStart of the atmospheric entry burn
  17. T+6:23Entry Burn ShutdownEnd of the atmospheric entry burn
  18. T+8:00Stage 1 Landing BurnStart of the first stage landing burn
  19. T+8:23Stage 1 LandingLanding of the first stage
  20. T+8:39SECO-1First cut-off of the second engine
  21. T+52:58SES-2Second start of the second engine
  22. T+52:59SECO-2Second cut-off of the second engine
  23. T+1:01:49Starlink DeploymentDeployment of the Starlink stack from the rocket

Planned times, published by the launch provider and carried by Launch Library 2 — not measurements. No public feed streams a rocket’s altitude or velocity during ascent, so this site does not show any. Times can move, and a hold moves everything after it.

The Mission

A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Liftoff (NET)Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:25:16 UTC
Launch window07:25:00 UTC11:25:00 UTC
Target orbitLow Earth Orbit
StatusLaunch Successful

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Launch Library 2 · fetched Sat, 22 Aug 2026 21:40:23 GMT