SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink 20
Launched
March 11, 2021 · 08:13 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink 20 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 11, 2021 at 08:13 UTC. It was SpaceX's 126th launch, 9th this year and humanity's 6,056th orbital launch attempt. It was the 54th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 7th this year. Booster B1058 flew for the 6th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 2257, one of 64 catalogued objects, from March 17, 2021, was 302 × 304 km inclined 53.0°. 64 objects from this launch are catalogued, 60 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink 20The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1058 · flight 6 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 45 days after its previous flight, Transporter 1 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) · 634 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 54th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 7th this yearSpaceX's 126th launch9th this yearhumanity's 6,056th orbital launch attempt19th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Starlink 2257 · NORAD 47787 · 2021-018 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 64 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2021-018A
- Epoch
- 2021-03-17 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.92236499 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001175
- Inclination
- 53.05°
- Ascending node
- 156.6703°
- Arg. of perigee
- 61.9379°
- Mean anomaly
- 140.8499°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 191
- B*
- -0.0036678
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; 46 still in orbit
- Starlink 2257 · NORAD 47787 · in orbit
- Starlink 2314 · NORAD 47788 · in orbit
- Starlink 2315 · NORAD 47789 · in orbit
- Starlink 2319 · NORAD 47790 · in orbit
- Starlink 2322 · NORAD 47791 · in orbit
- Starlink 2334 · NORAD 47792 · in orbit
- Starlink 2338 · NORAD 47793 · in orbit
- Starlink 2341 · NORAD 47794 · re-entered May 24, 2024
- Starlink 2347 · NORAD 47795 · re-entered January 6, 2025
- Starlink 2373 · NORAD 47796 · in orbit
- Starlink 2377 · NORAD 47797 · in orbit
- Starlink 2379 · NORAD 47798 · in orbit
Show 48 more payloads
- Starlink 2380 · NORAD 47799 · in orbit
- Starlink 2381 · NORAD 47800 · in orbit
- Starlink 2382 · NORAD 47801 · re-entered August 27, 2024
- Starlink 2383 · NORAD 47802 · in orbit
- Starlink 2384 · NORAD 47803 · re-entered April 24, 2025
- Starlink 2385 · NORAD 47804 · in orbit
- Starlink 2386 · NORAD 47805 · in orbit
- Starlink 2387 · NORAD 47806 · in orbit
- Starlink 2388 · NORAD 47807 · in orbit
- Starlink 2389 · NORAD 47808 · in orbit
- Starlink 2390 · NORAD 47809 · re-entered January 11, 2024
- Starlink 2391 · NORAD 47810 · in orbit
- Starlink 2392 · NORAD 47811 · re-entered January 7, 2025
- Starlink 2393 · NORAD 47812 · re-entered January 4, 2026
- Starlink 2394 · NORAD 47813 · re-entered June 24, 2024
- Starlink 2395 · NORAD 47814 · in orbit
- Starlink 2396 · NORAD 47815 · in orbit
- Starlink 2399 · NORAD 47816 · in orbit
- Starlink 2400 · NORAD 47817 · in orbit
- Starlink 2401 · NORAD 47818 · re-entered September 7, 2026
- Starlink 2402 · NORAD 47819 · in orbit
- Starlink 2403 · NORAD 47820 · re-entered April 16, 2025
- Starlink 2406 · NORAD 47821 · in orbit
- Starlink 2407 · NORAD 47822 · in orbit
- Starlink 2408 · NORAD 47823 · in orbit
- Starlink 2409 · NORAD 47824 · in orbit
- Starlink 2410 · NORAD 47825 · in orbit
- Starlink 2411 · NORAD 47826 · in orbit
- Starlink 2413 · NORAD 47827 · in orbit
- Starlink 2415 · NORAD 47828 · in orbit
- Starlink 2416 · NORAD 47829 · re-entered July 17, 2025
- Starlink 2419 · NORAD 47830 · in orbit
- Starlink 2420 · NORAD 47831 · in orbit
- Starlink 2422 · NORAD 47832 · in orbit
- Starlink 2423 · NORAD 47833 · in orbit
- Starlink 2424 · NORAD 47834 · in orbit
- Starlink 2425 · NORAD 47835 · re-entered August 31, 2024
- Starlink 2426 · NORAD 47836 · in orbit
- Starlink 2427 · NORAD 47837 · in orbit
- Starlink 2429 · NORAD 47838 · in orbit
- Starlink 2431 · NORAD 47839 · in orbit
- Starlink 2432 · NORAD 47840 · in orbit
- Starlink 2433 · NORAD 47841 · in orbit
- Starlink 2434 · NORAD 47842 · re-entered January 12, 2025
- Starlink 2435 · NORAD 47843 · in orbit
- Starlink 2446 · NORAD 47844 · in orbit
- Starlink 2453 · NORAD 47845 · in orbit
- Starlink 2456 · NORAD 47846 · re-entered July 27, 2024
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
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
122nd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 5th this year · 816th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 11, 3:13 AM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
23 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
New launch date
Show 7 earlier updates
Weather 90%
Nosu · 3/9/2021 · source
Additional SpaceX confirm
JRascagneres · 3/9/2021 · source
NET March 10th, 02:58 UTC (http://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html)
SwGustav · 3/5/2021 · source
NET March 9th, 03:20 UTC (http://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html)
SwGustav · 3/5/2021 · source
Adding launch time
SwGustav · 3/3/2021 · source
Starlink 20 now targeted NET March 8 per NOTAM F0589/21.
Nosu · 2/20/2021
Added Starlink 20, NET February 25
Nosu · 2/18/2021 · source
Questions
When did Starlink 20 launch?
Starlink 20 launched on March 11, 2021 at 08:13 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink 20?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink 20; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink 20?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink 20 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Mar 11, 3:13 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1058 flew for the 6th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink 20 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 2257, one of 64 catalogued objects, from March 17, 2021, was 302 × 304 km inclined 53.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink 20 launch?
60 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 46 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink 20 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink