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Starlink Group 6-74

Falcon 9 Block 5, SpaceX

Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Fri 25 Apr, 03:52:40 CEST

01:52:40 UTC

The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.

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Mission

Starlink Group 6-74 on Falcon 9 Block 5. Fri 25 Apr 2025, 01:52:40 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Space Launch Complex 40. Source: Launch Library 2.

A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Mission type
Communications
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit

Programmes: Starlink

Starlink night fairing
Credit: SpaceX · CC BY-NC 2.0

Mission patches

  • Space X Starlink Mission Patch

Patch artwork is not shown because its image licence is unconfirmed.

Launch timeline

Times are relative to liftoff. Clock times are not shown while T-0 is unconfirmed or on hold.

  1. T-38 min

    GO for Prop Load

    Launch director verifies go for propellant load

  2. T-35 min

    Prop Load

    Start of propelland loading

  3. T-35 min

    Stage 1 LOX Load

    Start of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage

  4. T-16 min

    Stage 2 LOX Load

    Start of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage

  5. T-7 min

    Engine Chill

    Start of engine chilling

  6. T-1 min

    Tank Press

    Fuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels

  7. T-1 min

    Startup

    The onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks

  8. T-45 s

    GO for Launch

    Launch director verifies go for launch

  9. T-3 s

    Ignition

    Start of the engine ignition sequence

  10. T-0

    Liftoff

    First upwards movement of the rocket

  11. T+1 min 14 s

    Max-Q

    Maximum dynamic pressure

  12. T+2 min 27 s

    MECO

    Cut-off of the main engine

  13. T+2 min 31 s

    Stage 2 Separation

    Separation of the second stage from the first

  14. T+2 min 39 s

    SES-1

    First start of the second engine

  15. T+2 min 53 s

    Fairing Separation

    Separation of the payload fairing

  16. T+6 min 20 s

    Entry Burn Startup

    Start of the atmospheric entry burn

  17. T+6 min 44 s

    Entry Burn Shutdown

    End of the atmospheric entry burn

  18. T+8 min 3 s

    Stage 1 Landing Burn

    Start of the first stage landing burn

  19. T+8 min 27 s

    Stage 1 Landing

    Landing of the first stage

  20. T+8 min 42 s

    SECO-1

    First cut-off of the second engine

  21. T+53 min 56 s

    SES-2

    Second start of the second engine

  22. T+53 min 58 s

    SECO-2

    Second cut-off of the second engine

  23. T+1 h 5 min 5 s

    Starlink Deployment

    Deployment of the Starlink stack from the rocket

Slip history

Changes recorded by Space Right Now

No changes since we started tracking on .

    Source updates from Launch Library 2 (6)

    Announcements supplied by LL2 may predate our tracking. They are separate from changes observed by Space Right Now.

    1. LL2 update

      Launch success.

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    2. LL2 update

      Liftoff

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    3. LL2 update

      Tweaked T-0.

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    4. LL2 update

      Now targeting Apr 25 at 01:52 UTC. Setting Go.

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    5. LL2 update

      Delayed to NET April 25 per new NOTAMs.

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    6. LL2 update

      Added launch.

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    Launch pad

    Space Launch Complex 40

    Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (US)

    Coordinates: 28.56194122, -80.57735736

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    Launch data: The Space Devs (Launch Library 2)

    Launch plans change. Times are estimates from the source, not a guarantee of liftoff.