Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-7

Liftoff Time
January 27, 2025 – 22:05 UTC
January 27, 2025 – 17:05 EST
Mission Name
Starlink Group 12-7
Launch Provider
(What rocket company launched it?)
SpaceX
Customer
(Who paid for this?)
SpaceX
Rocket
Falcon 9 B1076-20; 53.25-day turnaround
Launch Location
Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Payload mass
16,500 kg (36,300 lb)
Where did the satellites go?
Low-Earth Orbit
Where did the first stage land?
B1076 successfully completed a landing on A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASoG)

Tug: N/A; Support: N/A
Did they attempt to recover the fairings?
There are no fairings on this flight
This was the
– 429th Falcon 9 launch
– 12th Falcon 9 launch in 2025
– 426th Falcon 9 launch success
– 356th Falcon 9 launch with a flight-proven stage
– 229th SpaceX launch from SLC-40
– 446th SpaceX mission
– 439th SpaceX mission success
– 452nd SpaceX launch
– 13th SpaceX launch of 2025
– 321st Falcon booster landing success on a drone ship

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