SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink 25
Launched
May 4, 2021
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink 25 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on May 4, 2021. It was SpaceX's 133rd launch, 16th this year and humanity's 6,076th orbital launch attempt. It was the 60th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 13th this year. Booster B1049 flew for the 9th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 2613, one of 64 catalogued objects, from May 12, 2021, was 325 × 326 km inclined 53.1°. 64 objects from this launch are catalogued, 60 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink 25The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1049 · flight 9 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 61 days after its previous flight, Starlink 17 · 613 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 60th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 13th this yearSpaceX's 133rd launch16th this yearhumanity's 6,076th orbital launch attempt39th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Starlink 2613 · NORAD 48353 · 2021-038 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 64 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-2613
- Object ID
- 2021-038A
- Epoch
- 2021-05-12 14:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.84187413 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001052
- Inclination
- 53.0522°
- Ascending node
- 5.4422°
- Arg. of perigee
- 76.9281°
- Mean anomaly
- 23.1749°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 183
- B*
- -0.0054191
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 2613 · NORAD 48353 · in orbit
- Starlink 2674 · NORAD 48354 · in orbit
- Starlink 2635 · NORAD 48355 · in orbit
- Starlink 2637 · NORAD 48356 · in orbit
- Starlink 2636 · NORAD 48357 · in orbit
- Starlink 2624 · NORAD 48358 · in orbit
- Starlink 2628 · NORAD 48359 · in orbit
- Starlink 2622 · NORAD 48360 · in orbit
- Starlink 2591 · NORAD 48361 · in orbit
- Starlink 2578 · NORAD 48362 · in orbit
- Starlink 2626 · NORAD 48363 · re-entered January 3, 2026
- Starlink 2611 · NORAD 48364 · in orbit
Show 48 more payloads
- Starlink 2608 · NORAD 48365 · in orbit
- Starlink 2631 · NORAD 48366 · re-entered August 19, 2025
- Starlink 2643 · NORAD 48367 · in orbit
- Starlink 2623 · NORAD 48368 · in orbit
- Starlink 2641 · NORAD 48369 · re-entered April 7, 2025
- Starlink 2621 · NORAD 48370 · in orbit
- Starlink 2589 · NORAD 48371 · in orbit
- Starlink 2572 · NORAD 48372 · re-entered August 29, 2024
- Starlink 2609 · NORAD 48373 · in orbit
- Starlink 2604 · NORAD 48374 · in orbit
- Starlink 2603 · NORAD 48375 · in orbit
- Starlink 2610 · NORAD 48376 · in orbit
- Starlink 2499 · NORAD 48377 · in orbit
- Starlink 2526 · NORAD 48378 · in orbit
- Starlink 2612 · NORAD 48379 · in orbit
- Starlink 2614 · NORAD 48380 · in orbit
- Starlink 2630 · NORAD 48381 · in orbit
- Starlink 2585 · NORAD 48382 · in orbit
- Starlink 2599 · NORAD 48383 · re-entered August 7, 2024
- Starlink 2601 · NORAD 48384 · re-entered May 12, 2024
- Starlink 2598 · NORAD 48385 · in orbit
- Starlink 2606 · NORAD 48386 · in orbit
- Starlink 2600 · NORAD 48387 · re-entered December 7, 2024
- Starlink 2594 · NORAD 48388 · in orbit
- Starlink 1904 · NORAD 48389 · re-entered August 29, 2024
- Starlink 2586 · NORAD 48390 · in orbit
- Starlink 2607 · NORAD 48391 · in orbit
- Starlink 2605 · NORAD 48392 · in orbit
- Starlink 2602 · NORAD 48393 · re-entered February 3, 2025
- Starlink 2573 · NORAD 48394 · re-entered January 8, 2025
- Starlink 2574 · NORAD 48395 · in orbit
- Starlink 2575 · NORAD 48396 · in orbit
- Starlink 2590 · NORAD 48397 · in orbit
- Starlink 2588 · NORAD 48398 · in orbit
- Starlink 2587 · NORAD 48399 · in orbit
- Starlink 2576 · NORAD 48400 · in orbit
- Starlink 2571 · NORAD 48401 · in orbit
- Starlink 2560 · NORAD 48402 · re-entered August 30, 2024
- Starlink 2561 · NORAD 48403 · re-entered March 24, 2025
- Starlink 2593 · NORAD 48404 · in orbit
- Starlink 2570 · NORAD 48405 · in orbit
- Starlink 2568 · NORAD 48406 · in orbit
- Starlink 2595 · NORAD 48407 · re-entered December 31, 2025
- Starlink 2592 · NORAD 48408 · in orbit
- Starlink 2596 · NORAD 48409 · re-entered August 25, 2024
- Starlink 2563 · NORAD 48410 · in orbit
- Starlink 2505 · NORAD 48411 · in orbit
- Starlink 2581 · NORAD 48412 · 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
130th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 5th this year · 187th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
11 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Questions
When did Starlink 25 launch?
Starlink 25 launched on May 4, 2021. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink 25?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink 25; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink 25?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink 25 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1049 flew for the 9th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink 25 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 2613, one of 64 catalogued objects, from May 12, 2021, was 325 × 326 km inclined 53.1°.
How many satellites did Starlink 25 launch?
60 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 46 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink 25 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink