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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
« Reply #20 on: 12/14/2025 04:48 am »
F9 On Startup
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
« Reply #21 on: 12/14/2025 04:48 am »
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
« Reply #22 on: 12/14/2025 04:50 am »
Launch

That took 14 seconds to get above the fog.



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F9/Starlink 15-12: Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg SFB came at 12:49am EST (05:49 UTC); this was the 182nd F9 launch this year, the 579th overall and the 10th this month; 1st stage booster B1093 is making its 9th flight

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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
« Reply #23 on: 12/14/2025 04:50 am »
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
« Reply #24 on: 12/14/2025 04:53 am »
MECO, Stage Separation, grid fin deployment

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F9/Starlink 15-12: Stage separation confirmed; the 1st stage is now heading for landing on a downrange droneship while the 2nd stage continues the push to an initial orbit

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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
« Reply #25 on: 12/14/2025 04:54 am »
Fairing Separation
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
« Reply #26 on: 12/14/2025 04:54 am »
Booster Apogee
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
« Reply #27 on: 12/14/2025 04:56 am »
Entry Burn
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
« Reply #28 on: 12/14/2025 05:00 am »
Landing Burn and Landing

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F9/Starlink 15-12: 1st stage landing confirmed; this was SpaceX's 451st booster recovery at sea and its 550th overall

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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
« Reply #29 on: 12/14/2025 05:00 am »
SECO,
Nominal (Parking) Orbit Insertion callout,  actual: "Good orbit insertion."
End broadcast

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F9/Starlink 15-12: 2nd stage engine shutdown No. 1 confirmed; the vehicle will now coast for 44 minutes before a final 1-second burn at 1:41am EST (0641 UTC) to reach the planned deploy orbit; Starlink release is expected at 1:50am EST (0650 UTC)
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
« Reply #30 on: 12/14/2025 05:02 am »
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
« Reply #31 on: 12/14/2025 05:04 am »
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F9/Starlink 15-12: SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from California through heavy fog early Sunday (ET), boosting another 27 Starlinks into space in the company's 119th launch of its internet satellites so far this year

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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
« Reply #32 on: 12/14/2025 05:06 am »
The launch and highlight video:

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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
« Reply #33 on: 12/14/2025 05:07 am »
Full rebroadcast in 4K

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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
« Reply #34 on: 12/14/2025 05:08 am »
T+19 min.  Deployment should be at T+59 min after a short 1 sec orbital circularization burn. 
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
« Reply #35 on: 12/14/2025 06:19 am »
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 15-12 : VSFB SLC-4E : 13/14 December 2025 (05:49 UTC)
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