🚀 Falcon 9 | 🛰 Starlink Group 15-6
Launch date: June 13, 2025 01:46 UTC
Payload: Starlink Group 15-6
Location: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Vehicle: Falcon 9
SpaceX is scheduled to launch the Starlink Group 15-6 batch of v2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit on June 13, 2025 at 01:46 UTC (June 12 local PDT) from SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The launch window is from 6:46 PM to 11:14 PM PDT. Following stage separation, the Falcon 9 first stage is set to land on the drone ship ‘Of Course I Still Love You.’ The mission will deploy a group of Starlink v2 Mini satellites into a 535 km, 70-degree inclination orbit and further expand Starlink’s global broadband internet constellation.
SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA
Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) is part of the larger Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Originally built as Launch Complex 75-1-2 and used by the U.S. Air Force for Atlas-Agena and Titan rockets in the 1960s and 1970s, it was later refurbished by SpaceX beginning in 2011. SpaceX rebuilt the facility to support Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches aimed at sun-synchronous and polar orbits—trajectories best served from Vandenberg.
The first Falcon 9 launch from SLC-4E took place in September 2013. Since then, it has become SpaceX’s primary West Coast launch site, supporting both government and commercial payloads, including earth observation and reconnaissance satellites. In addition to supporting reusable launch vehicle operations, SLC-4E also hosts infrastructure for rocket landing and recovery, helping to advance SpaceX’s reusability efforts.