Starlink Group 12-16

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

11:35:10

Saturday March 15, 2025

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

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Mission Details

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Launch Notes

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.

Wiki

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.

Low Earth Orbit

23 Payloads

Rocket

Active

Falcon 9 Block 5

Active Since 2018

Agency

SpaceX

Price

$69.75 million

Rocket

Diameter: 3.7m

Height: 70m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 22,800 kg

GTO: 8,300 kg

Liftoff Thrust

7,607 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.2m

Height: 13m

Stages

2

Reuse

Just Read the Instructions

B1078

Flight #18

35 day turnaround

Falcon recoveries

437th recovery attempt

422nd successful recovery

5th consecutive successful recovery

79th consecutive successful landing

Launch Site

General Trajectory

E

S

Launching

Southeast

SLC-40

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 8 hours

SLC-40

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 8 hours

Stats

Falcon 9

449th

Mission

31st

Mission of 2025

SpaceX

473rd

Mission

33rd

Mission of 2025

2025

53rd

Orbital launch attempt