Starlink Group 11-19 launch out of SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is currently scheduled for 2025-10-19 19:24:00 UTC, or 2025-10-19 12:24 local time (PDT). Booster 1088-11 to land on Of Course I Still Love You.
Webcasts:
- Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1S56D-9srA
- Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFxC6a92eOc
- NASASpaceflight: none
- The Launch Pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA5kA7hqABo
- SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1979990261963862062
- The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng_fkrgeS7M
https://bsky.app/profile/rykllan.bsky.social/post/3m3qwfs6pdk2d
#Falcon9 fairing halves of #Starlink 11-19
It seems confirmation of orbit insertion and payload deployment were a little delayed for this launch:
20:10 UTC: https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3m3l4aqxtmc2f
LAUNCH at 1924 UTC Oct 19 of Starlink 11-19 from Vandenberg. Orbit insertion has not been confirmed at this writing.
20:44 UTC: https://x.com/jeff_foust/status/1980012105945231849
No updates from SpaceX, now 20 minutes after the scheduled Starlink deployment time.
20:46 UTC: https://x.com/SciGuySpace/status/1980012611736420483
Two sources indicate the Starlink satellites were successfully deployed.
20:48 UTC: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1980013254555365618
Falcon 9 completes a double-header launch day, taking 56 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida and California
20:55 UTC: https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3m3l6smbvds2f
SpaceX report (or at least imply) that the Starlink 11-19 launch successfully reached orbit, despite the early data cutoff on the webcast.
I wonder if someone on SpaceX’s social media team saw Eric’s tweet and went “oops, yeah, we forgot to post the status of 11-19”.
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.
Liftoff!