SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink 16
Launched
January 20, 2021
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink 16 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on January 20, 2021. It was SpaceX's 119th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 6,042nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 49th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 2nd this year. Booster B1051 flew for the 8th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 1952, one of 64 catalogued objects, from January 25, 2021, was 298 × 301 km inclined 53.0°. 64 objects from this launch are catalogued, 60 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink 16 Full FlightThe Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1051 · flight 8 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 37 days after its previous flight, Sirius SXM-7 · 633 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 49th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 2nd this yearSpaceX's 119th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 6,042nd orbital launch attempt5th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Starlink 1952 · NORAD 47349 · 2021-005 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 64 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2021-005A
- Epoch
- 2021-01-25 18:00:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.93518491 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00026
- Inclination
- 53.0486°
- Ascending node
- 185.9915°
- Arg. of perigee
- 258.1746°
- Mean anomaly
- 226.6848°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 181
- B*
- -0.0033145
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
64 catalogued: 60 payloads, 4 components; 37 still in orbit
- Starlink 1952 · NORAD 47349 · re-entered September 16, 2022
- Starlink 2011 · NORAD 47350 · re-entered May 20, 2024
- Starlink 2017 · NORAD 47351 · in orbit
- Starlink 2034 · NORAD 47352 · in orbit
- Starlink 2045 · NORAD 47353 · in orbit
- Starlink 2046 · NORAD 47354 · in orbit
- Starlink 2047 · NORAD 47355 · in orbit
- Starlink 2049 · NORAD 47356 · in orbit
- Starlink 2050 · NORAD 47357 · in orbit
- Starlink 2055 · NORAD 47358 · in orbit
- Starlink 2069 · NORAD 47359 · re-entered December 27, 2025
- Starlink 2070 · NORAD 47360 · re-entered August 13, 2024
Show 48 more payloads
- Starlink 2071 · NORAD 47361 · in orbit
- Starlink 2076 · NORAD 47362 · in orbit
- Starlink 2077 · NORAD 47363 · re-entered January 10, 2025
- Starlink 2079 · NORAD 47364 · re-entered December 14, 2021
- Starlink 2080 · NORAD 47365 · re-entered July 22, 2022
- Starlink 2081 · NORAD 47366 · in orbit
- Starlink 2082 · NORAD 47367 · in orbit
- Starlink 2084 · NORAD 47368 · in orbit
- Starlink 2085 · NORAD 47369 · re-entered July 26, 2024
- Starlink 2086 · NORAD 47370 · re-entered January 15, 2026
- Starlink 2088 · NORAD 47371 · in orbit
- Starlink 2089 · NORAD 47372 · re-entered January 3, 2025
- Starlink 2092 · NORAD 47373 · in orbit
- Starlink 2093 · NORAD 47374 · re-entered July 3, 2026
- Starlink 2094 · NORAD 47375 · in orbit
- Starlink 2096 · NORAD 47376 · in orbit
- Starlink 2097 · NORAD 47377 · in orbit
- Starlink 2098 · NORAD 47378 · in orbit
- Starlink 2099 · NORAD 47379 · in orbit
- Starlink 2100 · NORAD 47380 · re-entered August 9, 2026
- Starlink 2101 · NORAD 47381 · in orbit
- Starlink 2102 · NORAD 47382 · in orbit
- Starlink 2103 · NORAD 47383 · in orbit
- Starlink 2104 · NORAD 47384 · in orbit
- Starlink 2105 · NORAD 47385 · in orbit
- Starlink 2106 · NORAD 47386 · in orbit
- Starlink 2108 · NORAD 47387 · re-entered September 26, 2024
- Starlink 2109 · NORAD 47388 · in orbit
- Starlink 2110 · NORAD 47389 · in orbit
- Starlink 2111 · NORAD 47390 · in orbit
- Starlink 2112 · NORAD 47391 · in orbit
- Starlink 2113 · NORAD 47392 · re-entered July 27, 2026
- Starlink 2114 · NORAD 47393 · re-entered June 15, 2026
- Starlink 2115 · NORAD 47394 · re-entered December 30, 2024
- Starlink 2117 · NORAD 47395 · re-entered January 29, 2026
- Starlink 2118 · NORAD 47396 · re-entered July 10, 2024
- Starlink 2119 · NORAD 47397 · in orbit
- Starlink 2120 · NORAD 47398 · re-entered December 9, 2024
- Starlink 2121 · NORAD 47399 · in orbit
- Starlink 2122 · NORAD 47400 · in orbit
- Starlink 2123 · NORAD 47401 · in orbit
- Starlink 2124 · NORAD 47402 · re-entered January 13, 2025
- Starlink 2127 · NORAD 47403 · re-entered March 15, 2025
- Starlink 2128 · NORAD 47404 · re-entered July 21, 2026
- Starlink 2130 · NORAD 47405 · in orbit
- Starlink 2133 · NORAD 47406 · re-entered January 30, 2026
- Starlink 2134 · NORAD 47407 · in orbit
- Starlink 2135 · NORAD 47408 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
126th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 1st this year · 183rd from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
31 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful launch
Show 6 earlier updates
Update NET from SpaceX Twitter
JRascagneres · 1/19/2021 · source
Delayed for 24 hours.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/18/2021 · source
Weather 70%
SwGustav · 1/15/2021 · source
Delayed by a day
SwGustav · 1/14/2021 · source
Updated launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/12/2021 · source
Adding the launch, T-0 will be slightly adjusted once known
SwGustav · 1/9/2021 · source
Questions
When did Starlink 16 launch?
Starlink 16 launched on January 20, 2021. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink 16?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink 16 Full Flight; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink 16?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink 16 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1051 flew for the 8th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink 16 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 1952, one of 64 catalogued objects, from January 25, 2021, was 298 × 301 km inclined 53.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink 16 launch?
60 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 37 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink 16 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink