🔴 EN DIRECT LANCEMENT SPACEX STARLINK GROUP 11-15 ( Fusée FALCON 9 - Lancement spatial )
Video from the channel UFOTINIK about Falcon 9, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 25:35. Language: French. Video type: Livestream.
What's being broadcast
Live broadcast, commentated in French by the UFOTINIK channel, of the launch of SpaceX's Starlink 11-15 mission in December 2025. A Falcon 9 lifts off from Vandenberg's SLC-4E pad in California with 28 Starlink V2 satellites, which according to the commentator bring the total number of Starlinks launched to 10,604. The initial orbit is about 259 by 272 km at 53.17° inclination. From there, each satellite climbs on its own Hall-effect thruster to its operational orbit, between 485 and 575 km.
Before liftoff, the commentator explains the laser links between satellites, which reduce latency without routing through ground stations, and the satellites' mass reduction, from 730 to 575 kg. He also reviews the launch vehicle: 70.1 m tall, 3.6 m in diameter, 538 t at liftoff, nine Merlin engines on the first stage, RP-1 and liquid oxygen, with TEA-TEB ignition. The first stage is booster B1088 on its twelfth flight, with an average interval between flights of 32 days and a minimum of 9.
Key moments
Liftoff happens without Vandenberg's usual fog. The rocket throttles down to get through Max Q at around 10 km altitude. At about 55 km and 7,500 km/h the first stage shuts down, the stages separate, and the second stage ignites. The two fairing halves then separate; SpaceX recovers them in the Pacific by parachute and a recovery ship. The booster passes through apogee and fires three engines for reentry, slowing from over 7,500 to about 4,700 km/h. It then relights the center engine and deploys its landing legs.
Outcome
The booster lands on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You, in the 575th launch of a Falcon 9. The second stage reaches the planned insertion orbit at about 27,315 km/h, and satellite deployment, around an hour after liftoff, is not broadcast. The commentator announces another Starlink mission that same night, in which a booster will attempt its thirty-second flight, a reuse record.