List of Starlink launches

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Starlink
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60 Starlink v0.9 satellites stacked together before deployment on 24 May 2019.
Manufacturer SpaceX
Country of originUnited States
Operator SpaceX
Applications Internet service
Website starlink.com
Specifications
Spacecraft type Small satellite
Launch massv 0.9: 227 kg (500 lb)
v 1.0: 260 kg (570 lb)
v 1.5: ~295 kg (650 lb) [1] -306 kg (675 lb)
v 2.0 ~1,250 kg (2,760 lb) [2]
Equipment
Regime Low Earth orbit
Sun-synchronous orbit
Production
StatusActive
Launched
  • 3,347 [3] (3,033 currently working) [3]
  • Tintin: 2
  • v 0.9: 60
  • v 1.0: 1,675
  • v 1.5: 1,610
Operational2,494 [3]
Maiden launch22 February 2018
Last launch28 October 2022
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Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX [4] [5] providing satellite Internet access to most of the Earth. [6] [7]

Contents

Launches

The deployment of the first 1,440 satellites will be into 72 orbital planes of 20 satellites each, [8] with a requested lower minimum elevation angle of beams to improve reception: 25° rather than the 40° of the other two orbital shells. [9] :17 SpaceX launched the first 60 satellites of the constellation in May 2019 into a 450 km (280 mi) orbit and expected up to six launches in 2019 at that time, with 720 satellites (12 × 60) for continuous coverage in 2020. [10] [11]

In August 2019, SpaceX expected four more launches in 2019 [12] and at least nine launches in 2020, [13] but since January 2020 expectations had increased to 24 total launches in 2020. [14]

In March 2020, SpaceX reported producing six satellites per day. [15]

Starlink satellites are also planned to launch on Starship, an under-development rocket of SpaceX with a much larger payload capacity. [16]

In February 2021, Musk stated that the satellites are traveling on 25 orbital planes clustered between 53° north and south of the equator. [17]

Starlink launches
No.MissionSat. Ver. COSPAR ID Date and time,
UTC
Launch siteOrbitSatellitesOutcome
AltitudeOrbital InclinationDeployed [3] Working [3]
Tintin [18] v0.12018-02022 February 2018, 14:17 [19] [20] VAFB, SLC-4E 514 km (319 mi)97.5° [21] 20Success
Two test satellites known as Tintin A and B [22] (MicroSat-2a and 2b) that were deployed as co-payloads to the Paz satellite. As of 1 September 2020, the orbits have decayed and both satellites have reentered the atmosphere. [23] [24] [25]
1v0.9 [26] v0.92019-02924 May 2019, 02:30 [27] CCAFS, SLC-40 440–550 km (270–340 mi) [28] 53.0°600Success [29]
First launch of 60 Starlink test satellites. [30] Said to be "production design", these are used to test various aspects of the network, including deorbiting. [31] They do not yet have the planned satellite interlink capabilities and they only communicate with antennas on Earth. A day after launch an amateur astronomer in the Netherlands was one of the first to publish a video showing the satellites flying across the sky as a "train" of bright lights. [32] By five weeks post launch, 57 of the 60 satellites had been "healthy" while 3 were non-operational and derelict derelict, but deorbited due to atmospheric drag. [33] As of 16 November 2021, only 5 failed satellites were still in orbit. All working satellites have been deorbited deliberately. [34]
2L1 [35] v1.02019-07411 November 2019, 14:56 [36] CCAFS, SLC-40 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6047Success
First launch of Starlink "operational" satellites (v1.0), [36] with an increased mass of 260 kg each and included Ka-band antennas. [37] Satellites were released in a circular orbit at around 290 km altitude, from which the satellites raised their altitude by themselves.
3L2v1.02020-0017 January 2020, 02:19:21 [38] CCAFS, SLC-40 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6046Success
One of the satellites, dubbed DarkSat, [39] has an experimental coating to make it less reflective, and to reduce the impact on ground-based astronomical observations. [40]
4L3v1.02020-00629 January 2020, 14:06 [41] CCAFS, SLC-40 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6048Success
5L4v1.02020-01217 February 2020, 15:05 [42] CCAFS, SLC-40 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6050Success
First time the satellites were released in an elliptical orbit (212 × 386 km).
6L5v1.02020-01918 March 2020, 12:16:39 [38] KSC, LC-39A 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6055Success
7L6v1.02020-02522 April 2020, 19:30:30 [43] KSC, LC-39A 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6052Success
8L7v1.02020-0354 June 2020, 01:25:00 [44] CCAFS, SLC-40 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6054Success
One of the satellites, dubbed VisorSat, has a sunshade to reduce the impact on ground-based astronomical observations. [45]
9L8v1.02020-03813 June 2020, 09:21:18 [46] CCAFS, SLC-40 550 km (340 mi)53.0°5851Success
First Starlink rideshare launch, carrying only 58 of SpaceX's satellites plus three Planet Labs, SkySats 16-18 Earth-observation satellites. [46]
10L9v1.02020-0557 August 2020, 05:12:05 [38] KSC, LC-39A 550 km (340 mi)53.0°5754Success
BlackSky Global 7 and 8, the 5th and 6th BlackSky Global satellites, launched as rideshare payloads. [47] All of the Starlink satellites are outfitted with the sunshade visor that was tested on a single satellite on 4 June 2020 launch. [48]
11L10v1.02020-05718 August 2020, 14:31:16 [38] [49] CCAFS, SLC-40 550 km (340 mi)53.0°5853Success
Rideshare satellites from Planet Labs, SkySats 19-21 Earth-observation satellites.
12L11v1.02020-0623 September 2020, 12:46:14 [8] KSC, LC-39A 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6052Success
13L12v1.02020-0706 October 2020, 11:29:34 [50] KSC, LC-39A 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6051Success
14L13v1.02020-07318 October 2020, 12:25:57 [38] KSC, LC-39A 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6048Success
15L14v1.02020-07424 October 2020, 15:31:34 [51] CCAFS, SLC-40 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6047Success
16L15v1.02020-08825 November 2020, 02:13:12 [52] CCAFS, SLC-40 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6043Success
17L16v1.02021-00520 January 2021, 13:02:00 [38] KSC, LC-39A 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6058Success
Tr-1v1.02021-00624 January 2021, 15:00:00 [53] CCSFS, SLC-40 560 km (350 mi)97.5° [53] 100Success
Part of Transporter-1 (SmallSat Rideshare Mission 1). [54] First launch of production Starlink satellites to polar orbits.
18L18v1.02021-0094 February 2021, 06:19:00 [55] CCSFS, SLC-40 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6056Success
19L19v1.02021-01216 February 2021, 03:59:37 [56] CCSFS, SLC-40 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6057Success
SpaceX lost the Falcon 9 booster in the Atlantic Ocean. [56]
20L17v1.02021-0174 March 2021, 08:24:54 [57] KSC, LC-39A 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6056Success
Second stage failed to deorbit actively, reentered March 26 over Oregon and Washington in the United States. [58]
21L20v1.02021-01811 March 2021, 08:13:29 [59] CCSFS, SLC-40 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6060Success
22L21v1.02021-02114 March 2021, 10:01:26 [60] KSC, LC-39A 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6059Success
23L22v1.02021-02424 March 2021, 08:28:24 [61] CCSFS, SLC-40 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6045Success
24L23v1.02021-0277 April 2021, 16:34:18 [38] CCSFS, SLC-40 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6060Success
25L24v1.02021-03629 April 2021, 03:44:00 [38] CCSFS, SLC-40 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6060Success
26L25v1.02021-0384 May 2021, 19:01 [38] KSC, LC-39A 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6060Success
27L27v1.02021-0409 May 2021, 06:42 [62] CCSFS, SLC-40 550 km (340 mi)53.0°6058Success
28L26v1.02021-04115 May 2021, 22:56 [63] KSC, LC-39A 569–582 km (354–362 mi)53.0°5249Success
Rideshare satellites: a radar Earth imaging satellite for Capella Space, and an Earth observation satellite, Tyvak 0130, for Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems.
29L28v1.02021-04426 May 2021, 18:59 [64] CCSFS, SLC-40 550 km (340 mi) [65] 53.0°6060Success
Last v1.0 and Group 1 Starlink Launch.
Tr-2v1.5 [66] 2021-05930 June 2021, 19:31 [67] CCSFS, SLC-40 560 km (350 mi)97.5°33Success
Part of Transporter-2 (SmallSat Rideshare Mission 2). [68] Second launch of production Starlink and first launch of 3 prototype Starlink v1.5 satellites to polar orbits.
30Group 2-1v1.52021-08214 September 2021, 03:55:50 [69] VSFB, SLC-4E 570 km (350 mi)70.0°5150Success
First launch of operational Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base, and first launch into a high-inclination, non-SSO orbit. Musk stated that the operational satellites were version 1.5 and featured "laser inter-satellite links, which are needed for high latitudes and mid-ocean coverage". [70]
31Group 4-1v1.52021-10413 November 2021, 11:19:30 [71] CCSFS, SLC-40 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5352Success
First launch of Group 4 Starlink satellites.
32Group 4-3v1.52021-1152 December 2021, 23:12:15 [72] CCSFS, SLC-40 540 km (340 mi)53.2°4848Success
Rideshare satellites: BlackSky-16 Gen-2 and BlackSky-17 Gen-2.
33Group 4-4v1.52021-12518 December 2021, 12:41:40 [73] VSFB, SLC-4E 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5251Success
34Group 4-5v1.52022-0016 January 2022, 21:49:10 [74] KSC, LC-39A 540 km (340 mi)53.2°4949Success
35Group 4-6v1.52022-00519 January 2022, 02:02:40 [75] KSC, LC-39A 540 km (340 mi)53.2°4949Success
36Group 4-7v1.52022-0103 February 2022, 18:13:20 [76] KSC, LC-39A 540 km (340 mi)53.2°4911Success
On 4 February 2022, the satellites deployed on this mission were significantly impacted by a G2-rated geomagnetic storm. The satellites were commanded into a safe-mode, but increased atmospheric drag prevented the satellites from leaving safe-mode to begin manoeuvering from the low deployment altitude to an operational orbit. On 8 February 2022, SpaceX confirmed that up to 40 of the 49 deployed satellites will reenter or have reentered the Earth's atmosphere. [77] [78] By 12 February, 38 satellites had reentered the atmosphere while the remaining 11 continued to raise their orbits. [79]
37Group 4-8v1.52022-01621 February 2022, 14:44:20 [80] CCSFS, SLC-40 540 km (340 mi)53.2°4646Success
38Group 4-11v1.52022-01725 February 2022, 17:12:10 [81] VSFB, SLC-4E 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5050Success
39Group 4-9v1.52022-0223 March 2022, 14:25 [82] KSC, LC-39A 540 km (340 mi)53.2°4747Success
40Group 4-10v1.52022-0259 March 2022, 13:45:10 [83] CCSFS, SLC-40 540 km (340 mi)53.2°4847Success
41Group 4-12v1.52022-02919 March 2022, 04:42:30 [84] CCSFS, SLC-40 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5347Success
42Group 4-14v1.52022-04121 April 2022, 17:51:40 [85] CCSFS, SLC-40 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5353Success
43Group 4-16v1.52022-04529 April 2022, 21:27:10 [86] CCSFS, SLC-40 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5353Success
44Group 4-17v1.52022-0496 May 2022, 09:42 [87] KSC, LC-39A 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5353Success
45Group 4-13v1.52022-05113 May 2022, 22:07:50 [88] VSFB, SLC-4E 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5353Success
46Group 4-15v1.52022-05214 May 2022, 20:40:50 [89] CCSFS, SLC-40 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5353Success
First Starlink launch on a new Falcon first stage booster (All prior flights were with reused boosters).
47Group 4-18v1.52022-05318 May 2022, 10:59:40 [90] KSC, LC-39A 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5353Success
48Group 4-19v1.52022-06217 June 2022, 16:09:20 [91] KSC, LC-39A 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5353Success
49Group 4-21v1.52022-0767 July 2022, 13:11:10 [92] CCSFS, SLC-40 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5353Success
50Group 3-1v1.52022-07711 July 2022, 01:39:40 [93] CCSFS, SLC-40 560 km (350 mi)97.6°4646Success
50th dedicated Starlink launch.
51Group 4-22v1.52022-08317 July 2022, 14:20 [94] CCSFS, SLC-40 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5353Success
52Group 3-2v1.52022-08422 July 2022, 17:39:40 [95] VSFB, SLC-4E 560 km (350 mi)97.6°4646Success
53Group 4-25v1.52022-08624 July 2022, 13:38:20 [96] KSC, LC-39A 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5351Success
54Group 4-26v1.52022-09710 August 2022, 02:14:40 [97] KSC, LC-39A 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5251Success
55Group 3-3v1.52022-09912 August 2022, 21:40:20 [98] VSFB, SLC-4E 560 km (350 mi)97.6°4646Success
56Group 4-27v1.52022-10119 August 2022, 19:21:20 [99] CCSFS, SLC-40 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5353Success
57Group 4-23v1.52022-10428 August 2022, 03:41 [100] CCSFS, SLC-40 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5453Success
Heaviest Falcon 9 launch carrying a east-coast Starlink network launch for 53.2° inclination orbit located at 540 km altitude. This flight, Group 4-23, was moved from 39A to 40 to de-conflict with Artemis I operations at 39B, and booster B1069.2 from the 4-20 mission was swapped with B1067.6. [100]
58Group 3-4v1.52022-10531 August 2022, 05:40:10 [101] VSFB, SLC-4E 560 km (350 mi)97.6°4646Success
59Group 4-20v1.52022-1075 September 2022, 02:09:40 [102] CCSFS, SLC-40 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5151Success
Rideshare satellites: Sherpa-LTC2 carried a sole hosted payload will be Boeing's Varuna Technology Demonstration Mission, a pathfinder for a planned constellation of broadband satellites.
60Group 4-2v1.52022-11111 September 2022, 01:20 [103] KSC, LC-39A 540 km (340 mi)53.2°3434Success
Rideshare satellites: BlueWalker-3 was released into a 513 km circular orbit. [103]
61Group 4-34v1.52022-11419 September 2022, 00:18:40 [104] CCSFS, SLC-40 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5454Success
62Group 4-35v1.52022-11924 September 2022, 23:32:10 [105] CCSFS, SLC-40 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5252Success
63Group 4-29v1.52022-1255 October 2022, 23:10:30 [106] VSFB, SLC-4E 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5252Success
Set a new record for the shortest time between two Falcon 9 launches at 7 hours and 10 minutes.
64Group 4-36v1.52022-13620 October 2022, 14:50:40 [107] CCSFS, SLC-40 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5454Success
65Group 4-31v1.52022-14128 October 2022, 01:14 VSFB, SLC-4E 540 km (340 mi)53.2°5353Success
Starlink satellites in orbit from May 2019 to April 2021 Starlink satellites in orbit since May 2019 (target = 1440).svg
Starlink satellites in orbit from May 2019 to April 2021

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