Rocket launch

Starlink Group 15-15

Name: Starlink Group 15-15 launch (Falcon 9 Block 5)
Start: 2026-10-22T22:51:18+00:00
End: 2026-10-22T23:21:18+00:00
Location: Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5 from Vandenberg SFB, CA · Go for Launch

3:51 PM PDT

Thursday, October 22 · 6:51 PM EDT

From Santa Barbara

Great

3:51 PM

Look west, it'll arc south

Daytime launch, so it's hard to spot.

Where you can see it

Santa Barbara, CALook west, it'll arc southGreat

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Starlink Group 15-15Oct 22, 6:51 PM EDT · SpaceX
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More details

Mission: A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Provider: SpaceX
Pad: Space Launch Complex 4E
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Assumed heading: ~155° (SSE), Starlink shell ~70 deg, southbound
Booster: If SpaceX brings the first-stage booster back to land near the pad (not stated in our data), sonic booms are often heard across Santa Barbara and Ventura counties a few minutes after liftoff. Most Starlink boosters land on a drone ship at sea instead, with no booms on land.
Time: 2026-10-22 22:51 UTC (Second)

All 42 cities (estimate)
City	Rating	Direction	Distance
Santa Barbara	Great	WSW→SSE	54 mi
Los Angeles	Unlikely	W→SSE	141 mi
San Diego	Unlikely	WNW→SSE	238 mi
San Jose	Unlikely	SSE→SSE	200 mi
San Francisco	Unlikely	SSE→SSE	239 mi
Las Vegas	Unlikely	WSW→S	326 mi
Sacramento	Unlikely	SSE→SSE	277 mi
Phoenix	Unlikely	W→SSW	495 mi
Tucson	Unlikely	W→SSW	580 mi
Denver	Unlikely	-→-	928 mi
Seattle	Unlikely	-→-	901 mi
Portland	Unlikely	-→-	760 mi
Salt Lake City	Unlikely	-→-	637 mi
Houston	Unlikely	-→-	1,509 mi
Dallas	Unlikely	-→-	1,372 mi
Austin	Unlikely	-→-	1,364 mi
Miami	Unlikely	-→-	2,473 mi
Orlando	Unlikely	-→-	2,332 mi
Tampa	Unlikely	-→-	2,286 mi
Jacksonville	Unlikely	-→-	2,276 mi
Atlanta	Unlikely	-→-	2,060 mi
Charlotte	Unlikely	-→-	2,238 mi
Washington	Unlikely	-→-	2,407 mi
Baltimore	Unlikely	-→-	2,426 mi
Philadelphia	Unlikely	-→-	2,498 mi
New York	Unlikely	-→-	2,553 mi
Boston	Unlikely	-→-	2,693 mi
Chicago	Unlikely	-→-	1,846 mi
Minneapolis	Unlikely	-→-	1,607 mi
Albuquerque	Unlikely	-→-	791 mi
Boise	Unlikely	-→-	664 mi
Anchorage	Unlikely	-→-	2,244 mi
Honolulu	Unlikely	-→-	2,435 mi
San Antonio	Unlikely	-→-	1,341 mi
New Orleans	Unlikely	-→-	1,806 mi
Nashville	Unlikely	-→-	1,899 mi
Kansas City	Unlikely	-→-	1,466 mi
St. Louis	Unlikely	-→-	1,701 mi
Detroit	Unlikely	-→-	2,082 mi
Columbus	Unlikely	-→-	2,084 mi
Raleigh	Unlikely	-→-	2,353 mi
Pittsburgh	Unlikely	-→-	2,241 mi

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