SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink 23
Launched
April 7, 2021
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink 23 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 7, 2021. It was SpaceX's 130th launch, 13th this year and humanity's 6,065th orbital launch attempt. It was the 57th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 10th this year. Booster B1058 flew for the 7th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 2048, one of 64 catalogued objects, from April 13, 2021, was 305 × 306 km inclined 53.0°. 64 objects from this launch are catalogued, 60 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink 23The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1058 · flight 7 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 27 days after its previous flight, Starlink 20 · 615 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 57th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 10th this yearSpaceX's 130th launch13th this yearhumanity's 6,065th orbital launch attempt28th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Starlink 2048 · NORAD 48092 · 2021-027 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 64 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2021-027A
- Epoch
- 2021-04-13 18:00:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.91345341 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000968
- Inclination
- 53.0499°
- Ascending node
- 310.6992°
- Arg. of perigee
- 67.6807°
- Mean anomaly
- 270.4582°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 181
- B*
- -0.003838
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; 47 still in orbit
- Starlink 2048 · NORAD 48092 · re-entered February 5, 2025
- Starlink 2404 · NORAD 48093 · in orbit
- Starlink 2412 · NORAD 48094 · in orbit
- Starlink 2414 · NORAD 48095 · in orbit
- Starlink 2417 · NORAD 48096 · in orbit
- Starlink 2418 · NORAD 48097 · in orbit
- Starlink 2421 · NORAD 48098 · in orbit
- Starlink 2428 · NORAD 48099 · in orbit
- Starlink 2430 · NORAD 48100 · in orbit
- Starlink 2436 · NORAD 48101 · in orbit
- Starlink 2437 · NORAD 48102 · re-entered October 4, 2025
- Starlink 2438 · NORAD 48103 · re-entered July 17, 2024
Show 48 more payloads
- Starlink 2439 · NORAD 48104 · in orbit
- Starlink 2440 · NORAD 48105 · in orbit
- Starlink 2442 · NORAD 48106 · in orbit
- Starlink 2443 · NORAD 48107 · in orbit
- Starlink 2444 · NORAD 48108 · re-entered June 23, 2024
- Starlink 2445 · NORAD 48109 · re-entered March 27, 2024
- Starlink 2447 · NORAD 48110 · re-entered March 30, 2025
- Starlink 2448 · NORAD 48111 · in orbit
- Starlink 2449 · NORAD 48112 · in orbit
- Starlink 2450 · NORAD 48113 · in orbit
- Starlink 2451 · NORAD 48114 · re-entered January 11, 2024
- Starlink 2452 · NORAD 48115 · in orbit
- Starlink 2454 · NORAD 48116 · in orbit
- Starlink 2455 · NORAD 48117 · in orbit
- Starlink 2458 · NORAD 48118 · re-entered October 23, 2024
- Starlink 2459 · NORAD 48119 · in orbit
- Starlink 2460 · NORAD 48120 · in orbit
- Starlink 2462 · NORAD 48121 · in orbit
- Starlink 2463 · NORAD 48122 · re-entered January 11, 2025
- Starlink 2464 · NORAD 48123 · in orbit
- Starlink 2465 · NORAD 48124 · in orbit
- Starlink 2466 · NORAD 48125 · in orbit
- Starlink 2467 · NORAD 48126 · in orbit
- Starlink 2468 · NORAD 48127 · in orbit
- Starlink 2469 · NORAD 48128 · in orbit
- Starlink 2471 · NORAD 48129 · in orbit
- Starlink 2472 · NORAD 48130 · in orbit
- Starlink 2473 · NORAD 48131 · in orbit
- Starlink 2474 · NORAD 48132 · in orbit
- Starlink 2475 · NORAD 48133 · in orbit
- Starlink 2476 · NORAD 48134 · in orbit
- Starlink 2478 · NORAD 48135 · in orbit
- Starlink 2479 · NORAD 48136 · in orbit
- Starlink 2480 · NORAD 48137 · in orbit
- Starlink 2481 · NORAD 48138 · in orbit
- Starlink 2482 · NORAD 48139 · in orbit
- Starlink 2483 · NORAD 48140 · in orbit
- Starlink 2484 · NORAD 48141 · re-entered February 17, 2025
- Starlink 2485 · NORAD 48142 · in orbit
- Starlink 2486 · NORAD 48143 · in orbit
- Starlink 2487 · NORAD 48144 · in orbit
- Starlink 2488 · NORAD 48145 · re-entered March 26, 2026
- Starlink 2489 · NORAD 48146 · re-entered June 8, 2024
- Starlink 2490 · NORAD 48147 · re-entered August 12, 2024
- Starlink 2491 · NORAD 48148 · in orbit
- Starlink 2492 · NORAD 48149 · in orbit
- Starlink 2493 · NORAD 48150 · in orbit
- Starlink 2503 · NORAD 48151 · 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
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
124th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 7th this year · 818th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
14 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Questions
When did Starlink 23 launch?
Starlink 23 launched on April 7, 2021. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink 23?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink 23; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink 23?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink 23 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1058 flew for the 7th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink 23 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 2048, one of 64 catalogued objects, from April 13, 2021, was 305 × 306 km inclined 53.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink 23 launch?
60 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 47 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink 23 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink