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Starlink Group 11-4

Success
FEB 01202523:10:00 UTC

22 v2 mini Starlinks reached the 53° shell from Vandenberg - but after deployment, a small oxygen leak on the second stage froze a thrust vector control line, preventing the planned deorbit burn.

The stage remained in orbit for 18 days before making an uncontrolled reentry over Europe on February 19, 2025. Debris - including a composite overwrap pressure vessel - fell near Poznań, Poland, and was recovered by Polish authorities. It was the third Falcon 9 upper stage to fail its deorbit burn in roughly seven months, following anomalies in July and September 2024.

launched fromSLC-4EVandenberg

aboardFalcon 9 B5intoLEO

Booster

B1075.17

Landed on drone ship · OCISLY

Payload

Starlink x 22

Communications